A video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death is exceptional in its brutality, even for the Islamic State group, and is also a sign that the militants intend to raise the stakes in their propaganda efforts, experts said.
In a small South Carolina city, a war memorial honoring fallen soldiers from World War I and World War II divides them into two categories - "white" and "colored".
Lisbon's chocolate fair opened on Thursday at Campo Pequeno Square in the Portuguese capital, with dozens of local and international brands displaying tasty and unique cocoa products.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that the initiative she and French President Francois Hollande are taking to end the conflict in Ukraine was aimed at defending "Europe's peaceful order".
Two people died in what appeared to be an "isolated" murder-suicide on Thursday at the University of South Carolina, police said, after the campus was placed on lockdown. The deaths occurred at the university's school of public health, the Columbia Police Department said on Twitter.
New steps likely to prevent slowdown in base money growth
The People's Bank of China became the 16th global central bank to ease monetary policies this year, after it reduced reserve requirements or the amount of cash banks must hold back from lending, starting from Thursday.
The announcement came in slightly earlier than expected. The central bank was cautious in terms of permanently injecting liquidity using the RRR cut in 2014. We are now looking for a total of three RRR cuts in 2015. We maintain our forecasts of two interest rate cuts in the first and second quarters respectively.
The liquidity stimulus effort by the People's Bank of China failed to impress investors on Thursday as the mainland stock market edged down eventually after a short-lived intraday jump.
China National Nuclear Corp, China's largest nuclear power plant operator, said on Thursday it will export its third-generation technology to Argentina under a bilateral agreement.
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