Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) C Y Leung has awarded 283 people in this year's Honors List, the HKSAR government announced Tuesday.
Opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet finished far ahead in the first round of Chile's presidential election on Sunday, but failed to win 50 percent of the votes needed to win an outright first-round victory.
A strong earthquake jolted northern Chile on Thursday with no reports of casualties so far.
The FBI confirmed on Wednesday a suspect has been arrested for mailing letters containing poison ricin to President Barack Obama and two others.