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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that he does not object to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare. The
The city council of Porto, where Oliveira was born and lived, announced his death last night on its website. It did not provide further details. Oliveira’s career began with a
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9 percent last year to the lowest level since 1982, according to new State Department figures. The report for the
A wild rhino has entered a city in southern Nepal, killing a woman and injuring several other people. Government administrator Ram Prasad Thapaliya says the rhino entered Hetauda yesterday, terrorizing
Kenya’s president has apologized to the Kenyan people for past wrongs committed both by his government and past regimes. President Uhuru Kenyatta told parliament during his state of the nation address
“This man presents an image of our nation abroad,” said Wouter Van Bellingen, head of the Minorities Forum. “This in unacceptable.” Reynders said on his Facebook page that he likes “being
FIFA’s lowest-ranked team won on the first day of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Bhutan, ranked 209th by the governing body of world soccer, beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says a USD300 million lawsuit filed against the company by a former cruise line executive has no merit. London-based Virgin released its statement yesterday, one day
Officials said Friday that climbers have found a second mummified body in a glacier on Mexico’s tallest peak, and said they may be the remains of climbers missing since a
The regional court of northern Navarra says a former president of Spanish soccer club Osasuna and two other ex-board members have been arrested. The court says Miguel Archanco, Txuma Peralta
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe marked his 91st birthday by speaking for more than an hour on his feet Saturday, delivering a characteristically defiant speech in which he threatened to
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
Kokang ethnic rebels battling Myanmar’s government in the country’s north have denied a claim that they attacked a truck flying the Red Cross flag that was carrying refugees fleeing fighting
Europe’s car market showed more signs of healing as it posted the 17th straight month of sales increases in January. New car registrations in the European Union were up 6.7 percent
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew. Netanyahu says
A 9-year-old boy playing with a lighter caused a fire at a southern China wholesale market that killed 17 people and injured at least five firefighters, including one who was
California filed an appeal of a federal judge's ruling that blocked the state's ban on the sale of foie gras — a delicacy that gourmets consider heaven and animal rights
An exceedingly opulent seaside resort in Southern California has sold for an eye-popping USD360 million. That price tag for the Montage Laguna Beach — which comes to $1.4 million per
A 12.5 percent increase in the number of international travelers last year helped push passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport to its highest level in six years. The 42.8 million passengers who arrived and departed at the
Federal investigators are cracking down on what they say are sham universities that exploit the visa system for foreign students. At least half a dozen schools have been shut down or
Tim Cahill scored a stunning overhead kick for Australia in their 2-0 Asian Cup quarter-final win over China. After Mark Bresciano's corner is partially cleared, the ball is lofted back into
Thailand’s anti-graft agency has called for corruption charges against a former commerce minister and his deputy for allegedly committing fraud in a government-to-government rice sale. National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Wicha Mahakhun said
A few dozen pieces of personal correspondence by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with photographs of the former first lady in Palm Beach, sold at a Florida auction Saturday for a
Pope Francis has baptized 33 babies in the Sistine Chapel as part of an annual tradition, this year repeating an invitation to mothers to nurse their babies if crying out
The National Society of Film Critics has chosen the 3-D movie “Goodbye to Language” as the best picture of 2014 in their 49th annual awards meeting in New York City. Society
Tradition in Japan calls for people to send post cards — often hundreds of them — to friends, colleagues and relatives, decked with pine trees, cranes and other symbols of
Authorities in Shenzhen announced a car purchasing restriction requiring prospective buyers to acquire new car plates by lottery or auction yesterday. Starting from 6 p.m. yesterday, 100,000 new vehicle plates will
Chelsea says striker Fernando Torres will join AC Milan on a permanent basis in the January transfer window. Torres joined Milan on a two-year loan deal in August, and Chelsea
His London-based agent, Barrie Marshall, said Cocker died early Monday of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker was known for a memorable Woodstock
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