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At last week's Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, high level officials highlighted key human rights messages. The Bank's president, Takehiko Nakao, emphasized the importance of free speech for sustainable development in response to concerns about the bank financing governments engaged in broad and brutal crackdowns. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the ADB's host, said supply chains should be free from labor abuses and welcomed the bank's new commitment to International... Читать дальше...

Passengers and airlines aren't getting what they're paying for as long as long airport security lines linger.

Daesh extremists are rushing to fortify positions in their de-facto capital city of Raqqa in Syria, likely bracing for an external attack, US military officials revealed, citing social media.

The Trudeau government is poised to announce next week that it will propose new legislation that would give legal and human rights protections to transgender people, following through on a pledge made during the recent federal election campaign.

Two of the stars of “The Walking Dead” played the part of heroes off screen Thursday.

The "Free Hugs Guy" who punched a tourist Thursday had punched another woman in April, officials said.

While the idea of not being constrained by deadlines, meetings and work demands sounds appealing, the reality is that the shift to retirement can be very stressful.

The bodies of a man and a woman have been found in a house in Melbourne's north-east in the early hours of Saturday.

The Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster talks to Will Gompertz about her new film Money Monster.

Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes has accepted a suspension without pay through May 31 under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy

– Police officers from the Oyo state security surveillance code-named ‘Operation Burst’ have apprehended some suspected cult members – The arrested cultists are six in number and are students of Ibarapa Polytechnic located in Eruwa town, Oyo state – The Polytechnic students were nabbed because they were reported to be involved in cultism related activities […]

A judge has found the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix in contempt of court for disobeying his orders in a racial profiling case

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will face a slew of new challengers in the Preakness

As 18 Queensland arts companies wipe their brow with relief that their funding is secure for another four years, many are wondering how they will go on.

Brows are it! I'm in my favorite European city researching our Paris guidebook with co-author Steve Smith, and I'm feeling a bit amused by the très chic dimensions of this city. If you happily waited half an hour in line for "the cupcake to die for" when that was the craze, you'll love the many new fads here in Paris. Here's my favorite -- the notion that my eyebrows need rearranging. But apart from that, I'm loving Paris.

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A judge in Argentina is charging former President Cristina Fernandez with defrauding the state as part of her government's handling of the futures dollar market

– Arsene Wenger says he has not signed a contract extension with Arsenal – Wenger says next season’s performance will determine if he would sign an extension Arsene Wenger says he has not yet signed a contract extension with Arsenal after reports emerged earlier in this week that he would sign an extension till 2019. […]

The dearth of Americans named in the so-called Panama Papers as hidden owners of offshore shell companies is due in part to the presence of 13 US states that permit the same asset-hiding strategy, Tax Justice Network (TJN) senior advisor James Henry told Sputnik.

Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow

The Fitch ratings agency has affirmed Ukraine’s long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘CCC’, meaning that default remains a real possibility.