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Powerful earthquake hits China

9 years 2 months ago
At least four people were killed and 30 more injured late Tuesday when a powerful earthquake struck a popular tourist area of Jiuzhaigou County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the state-owned media outlet Xinhua.

He's bringing former China capital back to life

9 years 2 months ago
Outside China, architect Zhou Qi is best known for the People's Daily headquarters, a Beijing tower that went viral in 2013 when social media users drew attention to its distinctly phallic appearance.

President issues extraordinary warning to North Korea

9 years 2 months ago
President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary ultimatum to North Korea on Tuesday warning Pyongyang not to make any more threats against the United States or they will "face fire and fury like the world has never seen," during a photo op at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Australia struggles with extremist threat

9 years 2 months ago
For most young Australians, the violence and extremism of Syria feels a world away. But for a tiny minority, ISIS exerts a powerful allure, leading a small but significant number to head to the Middle East to take up arms.

Canadian envoy arrives in Pyongyang, North Korean media says

9 years 2 months ago
A Canadian government envoy, Daniel Jean, national security adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his party arrived in Pyongyang, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. It gave no further details about why the Canadian official was there.

UN: Venezuelan protesters endure excessive force

9 years 2 months ago
Venezuelan security forces have used excessive force and arbitrarily detained thousands of people over months of sometimes deadly anti-regime protests, the UN's human rights office said Tuesday, citing interviews with demonstrators and witnesses.

Iraq sentences 27 men to death

9 years 2 months ago
Iraq sentenced 27 prisoners to death for their part in a 2014 massacre that killed as many as 1,700 men in ISIS-controlled territory, according to a statement released by Iraq Central Criminal Court.

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential

9 years 2 months ago
A decade after vicious election-related violence in Kenya left more than 1,000 dead and the country in shock, Kenyans were voting Tuesday in a hotly contested presidential election. Trust -- in politicians, in the integrity of the political system -- remains low. Fear -- that the vote will be compromised, that unscrupulous leaders will inflame the public -- runs high.

Hear Trump's comments

9 years 2 months ago
During a roundtable in Bedminster, New Jersey, President Trump said if North Korea continues to threaten the US, "they will be met with fire and fury."

Macron and Merkel can make Europe great again

9 years 2 months ago
Angela Merkel has had enough. Just a day after the perfunctory G7 meeting in Sicily, she returned to Germany and declared to an audience in Munich that the United States and UK are no longer reliable partners, and that the US in particular has "weakened the West" and is out to undermine the European Union.

A taste of India in the heart of Pakistan

9 years 2 months ago
Karachi isn't a city you'd often see on the silver screen. It isn't "pretty"; descriptions of it usually harp on the doom and gloom of terror, crime and death. It's erratic, sometimes insufferable and often torments those who love it.
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