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Foreign Aid Arrives In As Sri Lanka Flood Toll Exceeds 200
International aid arrived into Sri Lanka on Wednesday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides...
Nepal Pushes Back Polls A Third Time, Risks Monsoon Clash
Nepal on Wednesday postponed local elections for a third time after its tiny Muslim community expressed concerns about...
Taiwan Backlash Over Emirates Flag Ban
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned...
Estefan Musical To Leave Broadway
The musical "On Your Feet!" on the lives of Cuban-American crossover sensations Gloria and Emilio Estefan will close on...
N. Korea Prepared For New ICBM Test
North Korea warned Wednesday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the...
Thousands Rally In Morocco For Release of Protest Leader
Several thousand people took to the streets in Morocco after dark on Tuesday to demand the release of the leader of...
The Explosion of American Beer In Numbers
Beer sales in the United States come to more than $100 billion a year, partly thanks to the exponential growth of craft...
From CIA Analyst To Beer Historian
She started her career in the shadows working for the CIA, but a historian at a prestigious Washington museum has been...
Sky-High PNG Trees Cause Re-Think On Forest Assumptions
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes,...
’40 Killed Or Injured’ In Massive Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Blast
At least 40 people were killed or wounded Wednesday as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter,...
Military Says 89 Gunmen Killed During Philippine Urban Battle
Philippine security forces have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of fighting in a southern city but...
Faceless Fish Among Weird Deep Sea Australian Finds
Faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled up from the deep...
Activist Probing Ivanka Trump Supplier In China Detained
A labour activist investigating working conditions at a supplier for the Ivanka Trump brand in central China has been...
Massive Blast In Kabul Diplomatic Quarter
A massive blast rocked Kabul's diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour on Wednesday the latest attack to hit...
S. Korea Military ‘hid Missile Launchers From President’
South Korean military officials deliberately withheld information from the president about the arrival of new launchers...
Route 66, America’s ‘Mother Road,’ Revs Back To Life
For decades, Route 66 captured the imagination of travelers the world over, offering a glimpse of a bygone era of...
Passenger Plane Overshoots Runway In Eastern Indonesia
A Indonesian passenger plane carrying 146 people skidded off the runway as it landed in the eastern Papua region...
New US Writers Museum Puts Modern Spin On Literary History
At Chicago's newly-opened American Writers Museum, Jack Kerouac's biographer tells an audience how the Beat...
Indonesian ‘rainbow Village’ Is Internet Sensation
An Indonesian hamlet dubbed "the rainbow village" after being given a makeover in a kaleidoscope of colours is...