Jorge Batlle, a veteran politician who was the fourth member of his Catalan immigrant family to be president of Uruguay, died on Monday, a day before his 89th birthday.
A former police chief, who was involved in a high-profile case in which a teenager was wrongfully convicted, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 years in prison on four criminal charges, a court in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region said.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Thursday congratulated former Portuguese leader Antonio Guterres on becoming the next United Nations Secretary-General.
In popular culture's intersection of fashion and cinema stands Tom Ford, designer and film-maker.
A sentence was handed down on Aug. 19 to a Chinese woman found guilty of plotting to illegally export weapons to the Chinese military. The woman, Man Wenxia, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison.
Tributes have poured in for former FIFA president Joao Havelange, who died on Tuesday aged 100. The Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro confirmed Havelange died of complications resulting from a lung infection.
Chinese athletes might not be delivering their best-ever Olympic performance at Rio, but it seems they have improved in one sport over the years - expressing their love.
A couple of Chinese divers put on one of the most romantic scenes in the Olympic history, with a marriage proposal in front of thousands of people at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center here on Sunday.
A Chinese tourist who lost his wallet while traveling unwittingly applied for asylum in Germany.
Zhou Shifeng, a lawyer and former director of Fengrui Law Firm, was convicted of subverting state power and sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday.
Former legendary yokozuna Chiyonofuji died, it was learned Sunday.
Singaporean Robin Hu, the chief executive of South China Morning Post (SCMP) is stepping down from his position to join investment company Temasek.
The fallout over fake vaccines given to children prompted angry and confused parents to physically attack a doctor in the Indonesian capital in a sign of deep-seated problems in the country’s health system.
President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that the Philippines will not honour its commitments under a historic agreement concluded last year in Paris that seeks to avoid catastrophic climate change.
President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that the Philippines will not honour its commitments under a historic agreement concluded last year in Paris that seeks to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Theresa May is forming her new government after becoming Conservative prime minister.
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