MONTREAL (Reuters) - Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of a prestigious European human rights award, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a hunger strike, his wife said on Thursday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China looked set for a soggy start to 2016 after activity in the manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth straight month in December, suggesting the government may have to step up policy support to avert a sharper slowdown.
* Dec factory activity shrinks for 5th month but services pick up
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have formally arrested 11 people for their role in a deadly landslide last month in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen and charged them with negligently causing a serious accident, state news agency Xinhua said.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Clemson junior defensive end Shaq Lawson suffered a left knee injury on the opening drive of the Orange Bowl, and though he returned on the second drive to sack Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, he was done for the game in the first quarter.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ah, so it was all a clever ploy.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.
ACCRA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Ghana's power minister has resigned for unsatisfactory handling of a electricity crisis that caused years of frequent blackouts and hurt the West African economy, two government sources said.
Far from science fiction, the ability to seemingly control things with your hands is no longer the fantasy that stories like Star Wars once imagined, thanks to a research team in Taiwan that has created technology akin to using The Force.
Thousands watch a fireworks display alongside the River Thames to celebrate a New Year in London. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Parisians watch a shortened New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe to usher in 2016 amid an increased police presence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Thousands watch a fireworks display alongside the River Thames to celebrate a New Year in London. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Parisians watch a shortened New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe to usher in 2016 amid an increased police presence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Thousands watch a fireworks display alongside the River Thames to celebrate a New Year in London. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Parisians watch a shortened New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe to usher in 2016 amid an increased police presence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Parisians watch a shortened New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe to usher in 2016 amid an increased police presence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Thousands watch a fireworks display alongside the River Thames to celebrate a New Year in London. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
DUBAI (Reuters) - Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year's fireworks display at the world's tallest building a few hundred metres away.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year's fireworks display at the world's tallest building a few hundred metres away.
DENVER (Reuters) - Nearly 200 workers, mostly Somali immigrants, have been fired from a meat-packing plant in Colorado after staging a walkout to protest what they said were insufficient prayer accommodations, the company and Islamic advocacy groups said on Thursday.
State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating after a person was struck by a vehicle Thursday night.
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's making some of its users feel a lot older than they really are.
The world greeted 2016 with Champagne and cheers, but tightened security put a damper on the party in Europe and a huge fire at a hotel in Dubai scared gathering revellers.
The number of firework-related injuries (FWRIs) reached 185 on New Year's Eve after 37 more cases were added to the previous 148 cases on the 10th day of the Department of Health's (DOH) "Iwas-Paputok Injury Reduction 2015" campaign.
Satellite image as of 9 a.m. courtesy of PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on January 1, 2016 said the country will remain storm-free in the first three days of the year. In an interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said the agency has not seen any weather disturbance near the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) that may develop into tropical cyclone within the next three days or until weekend. He said the agency expect... Читать дальше...
