Photographers from Brown Brothers hauled their cameras from Ellis Island to Broadway to Yankee Stadium to snap pictures of street urchins and socialites, hard hats and mobsters, athletes and entertainers, capturing nearly every aspect of New York City life in the first six decades of the 20th century.
George H.W. Bush seriously considered not running for re-election in 1992 even though he loved his job, according to a new book written by his son, former president George W. Bush.
When he died, Yasser Arafat, arguably still the most recognizable face of the Palestinian cause, had been largely dismissed by the United States as an obstacle to peace after walking away from a deal with Israel.
Voters went to the polls in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Sunday in an informal vote on independence that the central government has called illegal.
Protesters angry at the apparent massacre of 43 students tried to break into Mexico City's National Palace late on Saturday while others torched several trucks in the south of the country.
An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing of 43 missing college students has been taken up by protesters as a rallying cry against Mexico's corruption and drug trade-fueled violence.
Property markets in Asia are starting to feel the impact of China's new rich, and it is not hard to see why, analysts say.
Go to any residential property auction on Sydney's lower or upper north shore and the chances are the majority of bidders will be Asian, most notably Chinese.
More than a billion people worldwide traveled across borders in 2013 and five times that many traveled domestically, making tourism and related industries perhaps the single largest contributor to global GDP and employment.
Since becoming a member of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in 1991, China has taken an active part in the organization's activities.
The severing of electricity supply to an area housing a KTV bar in Qixian county, Henan province, recently caused power outage in thousands of households, exposing the blatant abuse of power by the head of the power station.
Premier Li Keqiang has rarely passed a strong remark or taken an aggressive step to boost the economy despite the first slowdown in economic growth in more than a quarter of a century, and this is exactly the type of prudence the market needs now.
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