World
29 Jul 2017
A trio of astronauts from the United States, Russia and Italy headed for the International Space Station on Friday (July 28), a step toward boosting U.S. research projects aboard the orbiting laboratory.
29 Jul 2017
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says a North Korean missile appears to have landed in the waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone and that Tokyo has protested "in the strongest possible language.
28 Jul 2017
A freak storm swept through Istanbul on Thursday (July 27), unleashing heavy rain and hail that flooded roads, felled trees and brought air traffic and transport to a standstill.
28 Jul 2017
Scores were injured when a morning commuter train in Barcelona collided into a railway buffer, according to emergency services, but the cause of the crash is currently unknown.
28 Jul 2017
U.S. Senate Republicans fail to overturn the health care law in a stinging blow to President Donald Trump.
28 Jul 2017
The US Congress "defies" Donald Trump by voting to impose new sanctions on Russia, The New York Times writes.
28 Jul 2017
President Emmanuel Macron's "La République En Marche" party is having its first teething problems, as it transitions from a grassroots movement to France's most powerful political organisation.
28 Jul 2017
Witnesses describe the moment when an 18-year-old man was killed and seven others injured at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus on Wednesday after a ride malfunctioned and flung them into the air.
28 Jul 2017
The U.S. Senate voted to slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, by a margin of 98-2 with strong support from U.S. President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans as well as Democrats.
28 Jul 2017
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan defended White House chief of staff Reince Priebus on Thursday after President Donald Trump's new communications director appeared to link Priebus to media leaks in a tweet.
27 Jul 2017
Muslim leaders are urging worshippers to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem after Israel removed all security measures at the compound following 10 days of often-violent protests.
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Albert Ho, a prominent pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong, has once again been arrested. He is already facing up to a decade in prison for other charges under the national security law.
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The French government's decision to force through its pension reform has sparked angry demonstrations across the country, with many videos of chaos in Paris circulating online. However, as credible as they may seem, some of these videos have been taken out of context, as Emerald Maxwell explains.
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On World Storytelling Day, we ask if this human art will be supplanted by articifial intelligence? Or do chatbots lack the human factor to recreate the drama and nuance of good storytelling?
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European shares logged their steepest weekly drop in five months amid continued turbulence in the global banking sector. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz doesn't think Europe is heading for a new financial crisis.
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A life-sized statue of Lionel Messi was presented to the soccer player for his historic display during the 2022 World Cup. Messi was emotional at the time, taking to Instagram to say, “that was a beautiful moment, very special and emotional.” The statue will sit in a museum alongside similar sculptures of Pele and Diego Maradona.