Bill for games could top $30B
TOKYO — An expert panel commissioned by Japan’s capital city has warned that the total cost for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics could exceed $30 bil...
Tough talk in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the rhetoric over his bloody anti-crime war to a new level today, comparing it...
BERLIN — Europe’s comet-chasing space probe Rosetta performed its final task Friday, dipping out of orbit for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world...
BEIRUT — A year of Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed more than 9,000 people, displaced tens of thousands, and caused wide destruction, an opposition monitoring gro...
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, center, accompanied by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, left, and Yuli Edelstein, the Speaker of the Knesset, pays respect by the co...
Nobel Prize winner was 93
JERUSALEM — Israel today mourned the death of Shimon Peres, a former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish s...
BELLA BELLA, British Columbia — Plans to show off one of British Columbia’s most beautiful areas to Prince William and his wife, Kate, were scuttled by bad weather.
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First visit to Canada as family
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadians were thrilled when Prince William and Kate traveled across the country as newlyweds five years ago...
Samsung supplier must test batteries
SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics was ordered today to carry out more safety checks of its Galaxy Note 7 smart phones before t...
Original report said facility hit
BEIRUT — An airstrike in northern Syria that killed five members of medical staff hit a mobile emergency unit and not a medical facility...
