YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In a story Aug. 30 about a Facebook post criticizing former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha was responsible for the post. A Ma Ba…
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In a story Aug. 30 about a Facebook post criticizing former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha was responsible for the post. Myanmar's government announced last week that Annan will lead an advisory panel aimed at finding "lasting solutions" to the conflict in Rakhine state, where human rights groups have documented widespread abuses against minority Rohingya Muslims. Annan was criticized... Читать дальше...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In a story Aug. 30 about a Facebook post criticizing former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha was responsible for the post. A Ma Ba…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian markets were mixed Thursday as China and Japan reported contrasting data on manufacturing and capital spending that provided mixed signals about the economic outlook.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian markets were mixed Thursday as China and Japan reported contrasting data on manufacturing and capital spending that provided mixed signals about the economic outlook.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian markets were mixed Thursday as China and Japan reported contrasting data on manufacturing and capital spending that provided mixed signals about the economic outlook. ANALYST'S TAKE: "As the dog days of summer drew to a close, markets seemed to be steadily coming back into life yesterday, although not in the good way, more in the sell-off way," said IG market analyst Angus Nicholson. An official monthly survey of factory managers, a barometer for manufacturing activity... Читать дальше...
HONG KONG — Hong Kongers head to the polls Sunday to choose candidates for the semiautonomous city’s legislature, in the first major election since 2014 pro-democracy street protests. That movement drew world attention to the former British colony’s struggle over stunted democratic development under Chinese rule and paved the way for a burgeoning independence movement
MOSCOW — A national newsreader has delivered a televised Independence Day speech on behalf of ailing President Islam Karimov, who remains hospitalized in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, with a suspected brain hemorrhage. The surprise substitution reflected rising political uncertainty in Uzbekistan, which observed its national holiday Thursday. It was Karimov’s first-ever absence from the celebrations.
Sultry actress and television presenter Carishma Basday's Bollywood star is on the rise.
Essential Politics: California Legislature's session ends in the wee hours Sept. 1, 2016, 12:44 a.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. This year's legislative session finally closed out early Thursday morning after a long and busy day for...
Essential Politics: California Legislature's session ends in the wee hours Sept. 1, 2016, 12:44 a.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. This year's legislative session finally closed out early Thursday morning after a long and busy day for...
Naked people were throwing sand into their eyes, there was shouting, and punches were being thrown.
MOSCOW (AP) — A national newsreader has delivered a televised Independence Day speech on behalf of ailing President Islam Karimov, who remains hospitalized in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, with a suspected brain hemorrhage.
School and mass education minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Wednesday said crime branch will be asked to probe into the fake certificate scam reportedly exposed by a local television channel.
Don’t assume grandpa is always going to take the safe route, according to findings in a new study from German researchers.
The TV hit could have been a crime show without the actual dead people.
South African Paralympic legend Ernst van Dyk has predicted a razor-close finish in the T54 marathon in Rio de Janeiro.
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A new study to identify seismically susceptible areas in the Western Himalayas has shown that "almost the entire states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and a portion of Jammu and Kashmir" are most at risk.
Europe's 13 billion-euro ($14.5 billion) tax demand is "political cr-p" that's "completely unfair," Tim Cook has told the Irish Independent.
For the past week and a half Donald Trump has been hinting that his hard-line immigration stance may be shifting. He's been floating more balloons than an arctic weather station. Flashing more signals than a traffic light. For every indication of softening, however - either from Mr Trump himself or one of his surrogates - there's been a quick retrenchment. Balloons popped and signals quashed. "There's no different message," Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson said last week. "He's using different... Читать дальше...
A bewitching musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will open the Venice film festival, kicking off a US-heavy lineup of flicks vying for the Golden Lion.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Yeiler Peguero hit a sacrifice fly and drove in Jose Gonzalez with the winning run in the 12th inning, as the Eugene Emeralds topped the Tri-City Dust Devils 3-2 on Wednesday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Yeiler Peguero hit a sacrifice fly and drove in Jose Gonzalez with the winning run in the 12th inning, as the Eugene Emeralds topped the Tri-City Dust Devils 3-2 on Wednesday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Yeiler Peguero hit a sacrifice fly and drove in Jose Gonzalez with the winning run in the 12th inning, as the Eugene Emeralds topped the Tri-City Dust Devils 3-2 on Wednesday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Yeiler Peguero hit a sacrifice fly and drove in Jose Gonzalez with the winning run in the 12th inning, as the Eugene Emeralds topped the Tri-City Dust Devils 3-2 on Wednesday.