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BEIJING Candles and matches have almost sold out in two southwest China counties following online rumors of a coming doomsday... Read More →

SINGAPORE Singapore’s parliamentary Speaker announced his resignation Wednesday after confessing he had an extramarital affair with a community worker, setting... Read More →

SYDNEY Australia’s central bank cut the official interest rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 3.0 percent,... Read More →

MANILA Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines as the strongest storm to hit the country this... Read More →

SYDNEY The Australian government said it would make a parliamentary apology to victims of abuse in the military and set... Read More →

TEL AVIV A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said... Read More →

WASHINGTON After a convincing re-election victory, President Barack Obama looks set for another four years of reorienting the United States... Read More →

MADRID Protesters bristling over austerity cuts launch a Europe-wide string of rallies and strikes, pouring into streets, refusing to work... Read More →

HAVANA Cuba will scrap much-reviled travel restrictions starting in January, easing most Cubans’ exit and return, state media said on... Read More →