Little mercy for child abductors and buyers

Although authorities have labeled it speculation, the rumor over the amendment to the Criminal Law to ensure that everyone guilty of abducting children faces punishment up to the death penalty is still being widely reposted on social networks.

A manifestation of what China really wants

Some Chinese policymakers who attended the 7th China-US Strategic & Economic Dialogue in Washington this week might have delivered a key message to their US counterparts by showing them photographs of blue skies in Beijing that they had saved in their smartphones.

Church opens again as ugly 'manifesto' chills nation

The church in Charleston where nine African Americans were gunned down reopened on Saturday, as a chilling website apparently created by the suspected white supremacist shooter emerged.

Groups unite to protect Hemingway's legacy

Cuban and US institutions announced on Saturday that they will work together to protect the legacy of US writer Ernest Hemingway.

Online analysis pinpoints IS strategy

Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards government strongholds.

Jolie decries 'explosion of suffering'

Hollywood actress and director Angelina Jolie has described a spiraling global refugee crisis as an "explosion of human suffering" whose causes the international community refuses to confront.

Thousands march in London against austerity

Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-austerity march through central London on Saturday, the first major public protest since Prime Minister David Cameron won last month's general election.

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Prayer vigil set in church shooting

An acquaintance of the man accused of a shooting massacre inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, said Dylann Storm Roof had complained that "blacks were taking over the world."

Still no deal over Greece bailout

Europe was scrambling on Friday to pick up the pieces after another failed meeting over Greece's bailout that reinforced fears that the country was heading for bankruptcy and a possible euro exit.

Thailand confirms first MERS case

Thai authorities took nearly four days to confirm the country's first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome, the Health Ministry said on Friday, a time lag likely to raise fears of a further spread of the deadly virus in Asia.

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