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Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 30, 2014 06:31 AM EST
China is facing an extreme water shortage as the Yongding River and 27,000 other rivers across the country have dried up, prompting an environmentalist to warn that some cities could run out of water. read more
Staff Reporter | Nov 30, 2014 06:53 AM EST
The number of people in the United Kingdom who live in conditions similar to slavery is four times the previous estimate or an astounding 13,000 people, according to a new estimate released on Saturday by the British Home Office. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 30, 2014 07:20 AM EST
A political storm brewed over the Thanksgiving holiday after a Republican staff criticized the behavior of Malia and Sasha at the traditional Turkey Pardoning Ceremony at the White House. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director of Rep. Stephen Lee, described the teen presidential daughters as disrespectful and classless. read more
Dan Weisman | Nov 29, 2014 08:09 PM EST
With the U.S. and China reaching a landmark climate change agreement earlier this month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has invited leaders of major U.S. and Chinese cities to a greenhouse gas-fighting summit. read more
Dan Weisman | Nov 29, 2014 08:00 PM EST
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was cleared of all charges for allegedly causing protestor deaths by a Cairo court Saturday. read more
Dan Weisman | Nov 28, 2014 10:05 PM EST
The top U.S. Naval commander in the Pacific fleet rejected the notion that military conflict was inevitable between the U.S. and China. read more
Dan Weisman | Nov 28, 2014 10:11 PM EST
Scotland Yard investigators this week reportedly were looking into allegations that a sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) strangled a 12-year-old boy to death during a 1980s sex party. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 28, 2014 01:15 AM EST
A suicide bomber has targeted and attacked a British Embassy vehicle located at the eastern part of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday morning resulting to six people killed including a British national and leaving more than thirty injured, law enforcement officials confirm. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Nov 27, 2014 07:47 PM EST
One Nepalese guard was wounded when Taliban militants attacked a guest house for foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday night. The attack happened just hours after a British Embassy vehicle was ambushed, killing one British citizen and five other people. read more
Carlene Vision | Nov 27, 2014 11:40 PM EST
Campaigners against domestic violence are celebrating the drafting of China's very first domestic violence law, a move considered by many as a giant leap toward equality and fairness in the country. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 27, 2014 01:56 AM EST
North Korea revealed on Thursday that the title "Vice Department Director" has been officially given to leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo-Jong. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 27, 2014 01:34 AM EST
Businesses hiring illegal immigrants over native-born workers will get incentives as part of U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed solution to country's the growing illegal immigration issue. read more
Carlene Vision | Nov 27, 2014 02:05 AM EST
European regulators are once again pursuing the stipulation to have the “right to be forgotten” ruling be applied not only to European based domains like Google.co.uk but also on the main site itself, Google.com. The high courts in Europe have come to a decision that search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing strongly control the data that proliferate the Internet, hence they must be subject to data protection rulings. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 27, 2014 12:34 AM EST
The Republicans have two strong possible candidates for the Presidential elections this coming 2016 but according to a poll from the Quinnipiac University that was released on Wednesday, Mitt Romney is overshadowing Jeb Bush. read more
Kat De Guzman | Nov 26, 2014 11:30 PM EST
A Chinese diplomat said the United States is impeding the nation's anti-corruption efforts, citing the lack of extradition treaty and the prejudices of Western officials which hampered their efforts to retrieve the fugitives they are hunting down. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
