Local authorities say a long-distance bus has smashed into a guardrail in central China, sparking a fire that killed 35 people and injured 20 others. A total of 55 people were aboard
The World Health Organization says it will carry out emergency yellow fever vaccination campaigns along the border between Angola and Congo amid fears of a mounting epidemic. The WHO also said
Golfer Rory McIlroy became one of the most high-profile sports stars to opt out of theRio de Janeiro Olympics because of concerns about the Zika virus, saying yesterday it is “a risk I am unwilling to take.” “After speaking with those closest to me,
The Obama administration is opening U.S. skies to more commercial drones with long-awaited regulations that the government hopes will spawn new businesses inspecting bridges, monitoring crops and taking aerial photography. In
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s financial affiliate is planning to purchase a 20 percent stake in Thailand’s Ascend Money in a bid to become a key financial services player in Southeast
The Bank of England has kept its key interest rates on hold amid heightened uncertainty over whether the country will vote next week to leave the European Union. The central bank
Web-based loan sharks in China have found an unconventional way of guaranteeing loans: demanding naked photos from female borrowers. The state-run Southern Metropolis Daily reported this week that private lenders are
Football Federation Australia has sold the A-League club Newcastle Jets to China’s Ledman Group. FFA chairman Steven Lowy said the Ledman Group’s investment is a significant step in Australian football’s engagement with Asia. “Ledman’s
Microsoft Corp. said it will buy LinkedIn Corp. in a deal valued at USD26.2 billion. The deal, in which Microsoft will pay $196 per share in an all-cash transaction, is a
The Public Security Police is currently considering a proposal that would hike the detention period from 60 to 90 days for people caught overstaying their Macau visas. The authority said
A Kurdish rebel suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a police headquarters near Turkey’s border with Syria yesterday, killing four other people. An Interior Ministry officia, said two civilians and two women
The European Union says Thailand must take “swift and determined action” by next month to improve its fisheries and labor practices or the threat of a seafood ban will come
Telemetry data shows Spanish rider Luis Salom hit the brakes nine meters later than usual in the crash that took his life at the Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona. SAG
Europe is losing its status as a global leader in clean energy, with investment in the region plummeting 21 percent last year, while spending in the rest of the world
A man who received the first penis transplant calls the operation a success and is going home. Thomas Manning left Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday , three weeks after the grueling 15-hour
The U.S. Navy says 27 nations will participate in the world’s largest maritime exercises in coming weeks. This is an all-time high for the Rim of the Pacific exercises, which date
The British pound has fallen sharply after two opinion polls for The Guardian newspaper indicated support for a British exit from the 28-country European Union in next month’s referendum. In both
A Swiss climber who found the long-lost bodies of a renowned mountaineer and his cameraman on one of the world’s tallest mountains said it took days for him and his
The unemployment rate (1.9 percent) and the underemployment rate (0.5 percent) for the period February-April 2016 remained stable, as was the case for January-March 2016, according to information from the
Five people have been arrested in New York City in a multi-million dollar counterfeit perfume scheme. Bogus fragrances made in China were packaged to look like high-end brands. Investigators say a
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