Second group of Russian planes leave

A second group of Russian warplanes flew out of Syria on Wednesday in line with Moscow's decision to withdraw most of its forces, as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepared a rare trip to Moscow to discuss the conflict.

Parents pick Chinese names for children

Most Vietnamese couples spend days, even months, and dozens of US dollars to acquire a meaningful name to give to their child, and most names deemed the best are of Chinese and Vietnamese origin.

Bad civic behavior goes viral on social media

Mexicans are increasingly taking to social media to post videos of bad civic behavior, led by two social media "heroes" who wield comedy and confrontation to expose lazy cops, threatening bodyguards and arrogant drivers.

PM Modi pledges $13 billion to provide irrigation to arid farms

Like his father before him, Dattatatraya Kshirsagar, 80, has been looking forward for years to the day when a $65 million dam will be completed in his village, an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Mumbai.

Rapid melt of two glaciers ends scenic hikes onto them

New Zealand is renowned for its wondrous scenery, and among the country's top tourist attractions are two glaciers that are both stunning and unusual because they snake down from the mountains to a temperate rain forest, making them easy for people to walk up to and view.

One dead, 4 police wounded in raid linked to Paris attacks

Belgian and French police launched a vast manhunt for suspects late on Tuesday after a Kalashnikov-wielding assailant was killed and four officers were wounded during an anti-terror operation in Brussels linked to the Paris attacks.

Bomb on bus kills 16 govt employees

At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb blew up inside a bus in Peshawar, the main city of Pakistan's insurgency-wracked northwest, officials said, with the toll expected to rise.

Obama makes sweeping trade, travel changes

United States President Barack Obama sent an unmistakable message to the nation on Tuesday ahead of his historic trip to Havana: Cuba is open for business.

Trump knocks Rubio out, party in chaos

US Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept three states and drove rival Marco Rubio out of the White House race, but the New York billionaire's loss in the crucial state of Ohio wrought more chaos for a party deeply fractured by his candidacy.

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'Genius girl' wins world championship

The 22-year-old Chinese chess star Hou Yifan has been crowned the new world champion on Monday after winning the Women World Chess Championship final match, held in Ukraine's western city of Lviv.

Computer wins final game against Go master

The Google supercomputer AlphaGo won the final game of its five-match challenge against South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol on Tuesday, to take the series 4-1.