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A dozen political allies broke with President Viktor F. Yanukovych to protest the bloodshed in Kiev, where protesters said at least 70 people were killed when security forces opened fire on them.
Groups of young men with far-right political affiliations in Ukraine have provided much of the front-line muscle in increasingly bloody clashes with the police in Kiev.
In the face of New York’s mounting homeless crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is removing hundreds of children from shelters that inspectors have cited for deplorable conditions, officials said.
The social networking giant’s agreement to buy the messaging start-up WhatsApp for up to $19 billion is risky, but follows a trend in valuing the number of users over revenue.
A geologist wants to understand how nearly 96 percent of all species on Earth became extinct 252 million years ago. Above, fossils dating back to the end of the Permian period.
Adelina Sotnikova’s gold medal win over Kim Yu-na shows why figure skating is popular only every four years.
Athletes in little-known sports like curling field the same inane questions from people who believe their remarks to be both amusing and original.
At least 60 journalists, as well as other perceived enemies like activists and Islamists, have been detained since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last July.
The company is beginning a campaign for support as it seeks approval from authorities for its merger with Time Warner.
David Ranta, who served 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, will receive a settlement from the city without having even filed a lawsuit.
In the post-Mandela era, that unwelcome attention could backfire on a land that likes to regard itself, its myths and its larger-than-life heroes as exceptional.
Prison officials took a major step when they agreed to reform this cruel yet far too common practice.
Driving prisoners crazy won’t make the public safer.
Museums and music, cocktails and cuisine, history and Hudson River views are all part of a weekend in this richly textured part of the city.
A guide takes the Frugal Traveler on a tour through an area victimized by apartheid.
Properties include a 1929 house in Phoenix, a Tudor in Ohio and a contemporary in Utah.
A car that set a land-speed record and was restored after a crash that killed its driver in 1927 makes a noisy appearance at a classic-car exhibition in Paris.
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