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China is set to receive a $300m loan from the Asian Development Bank to help it combat dangerous pollution levels in Beijing city and its surrounds.

On Thursday night, a jury in Oklahoma City found former police Lt. Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of 18 of 36 rape and sexual assault charges, which cumulatively could lead to as many as 263 years in prison when he is sentenced...

Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are competing for the same Golden Globe category, and this is how Amy reacted to the news.

North Korea rejects criticism of its human rights record

When artisanal Spam was introduced earlier this year, we all knew that was an April Fool's Day joke. But it's no longer April so what's up with this eggnog made from platypus eggs? Just the idea of such a thing makes me ...

A Muslim advocacy group evacuated its national headquarters on Capitol Hill on Thursday after receiving a letter containing white powder, but staff were later allowed to re-enter after authorities conducted preliminary t...

He called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States"

Thomson Reuters Finland has become the latest country to propose a basic income for all. If put into practice, the scheme would eventually see all Finnish citizens receiving an 800 euro stipend, per month, tax-free. How...

Kuwaiti court sentences Olympic and FIFA powerbroker to 6 months in prison

Scuffles involving several dozen lawmakers have erupted at Ukraine's parliament after one deputy tried to drag the prime minister away from the rostrum. …

I am not a bigot. The fact that I, a white, Jewish, American-born citizen of the United States, feels compelled to make such a pointless declaration speaks volumes about the insanity of our times. I own not a shred of ra...

Five women suing government argue 1896 law forcing spouses to adopt same name is outdated, but conservatives say change 'risks destroying social stability' Five women are suing the government of Japan over a law requirin...

No, it's not Wall Street. It's Houston. And every one of the 1,381 employees gets the same amount.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Civil rights activists called Friday for the resignation of The Citadel’s president after online photos surfaced showing cadets with pillowcases over their heads similar to Ku Klux Klan garb, but th...

After big gains by the Front National in regional elections, leftwing voters in some areas are being asked to vote for the rightwing Les Républicains party Amid the run-down tower blocks on the Beau-Marais housing estat...

The Swiss president says she had a tip-off from foreign authorities about an Islamic State cell in Geneva.

Gang may have brought up to £1.6bn worth of class A drugs into UK from Netherlands using fleet of bogus emergency vehicles Three drug smugglers have been jailed for at least 18 years each for transporting as much as £1...

"I order you to act in the toughest way," said the Russian President

Many schools have already restricted outdoors activities as record levels of air pollution in the Indian capital are expected to last for months to come Authorities in Delhi are considering shutting schools in the sprawl...

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"You are home," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told 163 refugees as they arrived in Toronto. Canada has promised to take in 25,000 refugees in all.

Carmaker plans to launch 13 eco-friendly vehicles by 2020 as regulators call for lower emissions and tech companies encroach on market Ford is to invest $4.5bn (£3bn) in electric vehicles over the next five years as par...