China’s central bank cut interest rates for the second time in three months Saturday, adding to signs the country’s leaders are worried the economic slowdown is deepening too sharply. The People’s Bank
Hong Kong police arrested nearly three dozen people yesterday after scuffles broke out at a protest in a border town, in the latest example of heightened tensions over the growing
A Hong Kong mother of two was given a six-year prison term Friday for abusing her Indonesian maid in a case that aroused widespread outrage over its brutality. Law Wan-tung was
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. The latest census by China’s State Forestry Administration shows the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey ending in
The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn’t mean it’s been unproductive. It has yielded lessons and discoveries that could benefit
Britain’s Prince William stood atop a hill in northeastern Japan yesterday, and stretched below him was barren land known as the “Bay of Destruction,” which was swept by a tsunami
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party formed a coalition government in Kashmir yesterday, marking the first time it will hold a leadership position in the disputed Muslim-majority region. Leaders from the ruling
Russia’s opposition gathered in Moscow for march that will be a test of its support two days after a key leader was gunned down near the Kremlin. Protesters began assembling yesterday
Venezuela will shrink the size of the U.S. Embassy staff, limit the activities of U.S. diplomats and require American citizens to apply for visas if they want to come bask on
An Egyptian court declared Hamas a “terrorist organization” on Saturday, further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by the country’s toppled Islamist-dominated government. The ruling is
A Chilean Air Force jet took off from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire at 1315 GMT with the 84-year-old general on board. General Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998
Television footage showed a large white llama and a smaller black llama darting through the streets of Sun City during the lunch hour. Cars and golf carts stopped in their
FIFA President Sepp Blatter is concerned by a study that highlighted the scale of Russian soccer’s racism problem ahead of the 2018 World Cup, warning there “must be some sanctions”
Anthony Mason, a mainstay on the defensive- minded New York Knicks team that finished one win from a National Basketball Association title in 1994, has died. He was 48. The Knicks
“A weed from catholic Europe, it took root Between some yellow mountains and a sea, Its gay stone houses an exotic fruit, A Portugal-cum-China oddity. Rococo images of Saint and Saviour Promise its gamblers fortunes
* Hong Kong arrests 33 in protest against Chinese shoppers * 10 still missing after boat capsizes off Coloane * UM pledges to review staff housing scheme * Worsened fortunes as CNY gamblers
Manny Pacquiao slept through the big announcement, secure in knowing that the fight was already made and the questions would finally stop. He campaigned for a shot with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Try to give your cat grass to prevent it from eating your plants, and to be safe, keep only plants such as catnip or wheat grass, which are not hazardous
Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region, an official said yesterday. The 7-year-old female was captured Friday, six weeks after
German consumer groups say they will file a lawsuit against Facebook unless the social network changes its terms of service. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations said yesterday it has sent
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