China is conducting naval exercises in the East China Sea, state media report, amid heightened tensions with Japan over islands both claim.
US President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney poke fun at themselves and each other at a charity fundraiser in New York.
US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney return to the campaign trail, a day after their heated TV debate.
Former road race world champion Mark Cavendish is to leave Team Sky and join Belgian team Omega Pharma-QuickStep.
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, dies aged 60.
Taking a daily multivitamin pill appears to lower the risk of developing cancer in men, according to US researchers.
HTC and Sharp show off a new smartphone and tablet in Japan featuring next-generation screen technologies.
The UK has just experienced its "strangest" weather on record, scientists have confirmed.
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Suerte, determinación y realismo, las variables constantes en la lucha de los jóvenes que han nadado contra la corriente del desempleo. Historias y consejos en sus propias palabras.
金正日的长孙接受了芬兰一家电视台采访,谈了对爷爷金正日、父亲金正男以及自己对朝鲜半岛统一的看法。
يبدأ المبعوث الخاص المشترك إلى سوريا الأخضر الابراهيمي الجمعة زيارة إلى دمشق، هي الثانية من نوعها منذ توليه مهمة الوساطة بشأن الأزمة السورية مطلع سبتمبر/أيلول الماضي.
ایالات متحده برای دستگیری محسن الفضلی و عادل الحربی که مظنون به هدایت عملیات پشتیبانی مالی و لجستیک القاعده در ایران و جمع آوری و انتقال پول به سوریه هستند، ۱۲ میلیون دلار جایزه تعیین کرده است.
The government's Vision 2030 aims to create an economic powerhouse. But ambitious plans face a challenge from Kenya's insidious corruption.
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