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Russia deployed riot police to break up protesters who have demonstrated against newly reinstated President Vladimir Putin in Occupy-like sit-ins over the past week, it was reported. Protesters said they would continue on with the demonstrations despite being forced out [...]
People's Daily publishes full page and discusses political reform, after the showdown between Wen and Zhou at the Politic.
The Department of Defense on Tuesday said there will be limits on F-22 Raptor flights over complaints regarding the fighter jet’s oxygen supply problems.
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has again spoken directly to the U.S. Congress from China, this time condemning Chinese authorities for the brutal treatment of his family.
Voices predicting the disappearance or at least partial breakup of the euro are getting louder, especially after the latest election results from France and Greece.
“Print” found in estate sale turns out to be a painting by great American artist and sells for six figures.
Photos from Falun Dafa Day celebrations from around the world, a 20th anniversary of the practice's public introduction.
Only without the Chinese Communist Party, does China have hope.
The earliest example of wall art has been identified on a massive block of engraved and ochre-stained limestone in southwestern France.
The United States faces a stark choice between those who have wielded torture and genocide vs. those who wish to redress wrongs and heal their nation.
Skies in the western United States, China, and Japan will be graced by a rare and beautiful celestial phenomenon this weekend: an annular solar eclipse.
A recent study by the Toronto school board shows that morning meals are directly related to how students perform at school.
Companies are looking for new ways of sending data, and one, Rimage, may just have a solution with their new app, Signal.
An American surfer was recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing a 78-foot wave, the largest on record.
Multiple forest fires sent smoke as far south as Phoenix, Ariz., on May 15. Of the four fires, none are contained, and no dates for containment have been announced.
United Nations military observers were forced to stay in the northern Syrian town of Khan Cheikhoun after their vehicles were damaged in a bomb blast.
Ms. Wang Xiaoyan initiated a petition in her village in which 300 people signed requesting the release of her older brother Wang Xiaodong. According to a source in Beijing, [...]
On May 15, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon was face-to-face with the bank’s shareholders at its annual shareholder meeting.
The rapid changes now taking place in Burma are creating the conditions for renewed support for the country’s precarious public health system.
Superflares are powerful magnetic events much larger than solar flares. They erupt above giant starspots on a variety of stars, but the mechanism behind them is unclear.
Iconic shooter game “Wolfenstein 3D" would be available for free online and on iTunes for a limited time.
While staging a comedic extravaganza, the male lead of “The Dictator” Sacha Baron Cohen fell on a camel at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France on Wednesday. To promote his newest film, “The Dictator,” which is in theaters on [...]
Urgent action is needed to support vulnerable new mothers and their babies, says UK's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
As a prelude to the Royal Diamond Jubilee Parade and Olympian sports, a cultural bonanza takes place in the one Square Mile of the ancient city of London.
Roberto Ferrari of Androni outsprinted Mark Cavendish to win Stage Eleven of the Giro d’Italia.