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[2015-08-10 07:45]

At least 30 boats of all sizes paraded across Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay on Saturday to protest contamination in the waters where sailing events will take place next year during the Olympic Games.

Tide turns in debate about harassment

[2015-08-08 07:39]

In a minutelong video uploaded to YouTube last month, two young Saudi women walk along the waterfront promenade in the kingdom's Red Sea city of Jeddah as a group of young men jeer and follow them until the women become visibly agitated.

'Sexy cooking men' break kitchen barrier

[2015-08-08 07:39]

After work on a recent Friday, 53-year-old Lee Jin-soo headed for the Happy Guys Cooking Class, where he joined six other mostly middle-aged men in tall white hats and aprons.

Trump takes center stage in prime-time Republican debate

[2015-08-08 07:39]

Bombastic, comical, provocative: Donald Trump, the billionaire leading the Republican primary race, offered the best and worst of himself on Thursday as opponents strained to offer more gravitas in the first major debate of the 2016 election campaign.

Pyongyang to set up its own time zone

[2015-08-08 07:39]

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Friday it will establish its own time zone next week by pushing back its current standard time by 30 minutes.

A year later, Ferguson moves forward

[2015-08-08 07:39]

A year ago, Ferguson, Missouri, was a mostly quiet working-class suburban town. The uneasy relationship between its growing black population and its mostly white police force barely registered in local headlines.

Kerry lauds peace and calls for human rights

[2015-08-08 07:39]

US Secretary of State John Kerry extolled the virtues of reconciling with former enemies on Friday as he marked the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam.

NASA signs $490m Russian contract for astronaut rides

[2015-08-07 07:53]

NASA has renewed a contract with Russia's space agency for $490 million to carry US astronauts to the International Space Station for lack of Congressional funding, the US agency said on Wednesday.

Underground strike wreaks London commuter chaos

[2015-08-07 07:53]

Millions of commuters struggled to work on Thursday as a strike by London Underground rail staff brought the network to a standstill for the second time in a month over plans for a new nighttime service.

US uses Turkish air base to strike IS targets in Syria

[2015-08-07 07:53]

The United States on Wednesday launched its first airstrike from Turkey on an Islamic State target in Syria, as Ankara vowed it was ready to step up its own fight against jihadists.

'New' Suez Canal brings moment of national pride

[2015-08-07 07:53]

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi was inaugurating a "new" Suez Canal on Thursday in a historic moment of national pride, as Egypt seeks to boost its economy and international standing.

Military helicopter crash kills 17 soldiers

[2015-08-07 07:53]

An Afghan military helicopter crashed in a remote region of southern Zabul province on Thursday, killing five pilots and 12 other soldiers, officials said.

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