Georgian opposition calls for more protests as exit pollster says official result ‘impossible’
Summary Three Georgian opposition parties who allege last weekend’s election was rigged called for streets...
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Toxic smog cloaks New Delhi a day after Diwali festival
A thick layer of toxic smog cloaked India’s capital on Friday as smoke from firecrackers...
Singapore’s affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder
Singapore has become much more repressive, and corruption in the Asian financial hub has worsened...
H5N1 bird flu found in a pig in the U.S. for the first time
A pig in Oregon has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. It’s...
More former cadets accuse US Coast Guard Academy of failing to prevent campus sexual assaults
Nine additional former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have formally accused overseers of...
North Korea launches a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to threaten US
North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost...
China, queried on Trump comments, says Taiwan could become ‘discarded’
China implied on Wednesday that if U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the Nov....
Workers launch strikes as Germany frets over industrial future
Summary Thousands of German workers launched nationwide strikes to press for higher wages on Tuesday,...
Two in hospital after UK nuclear sub shipyard fire
A “significant fire” has broken out at the BAE Systems nuclear submarine shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness,...
Trump calls Madison Square Garden rally a ‘lovefest’ amid backlash over speakers’ racist remarks
Former President Donald Trump called his rally at Madison Square Garden a “lovefest” on Tuesday as backlash...