'Tech buzz' taking off in Lisbon

Near a former red-light district around Lisbon's old Cais do Sodre docks, scores of young entrepreneurs are trying to leave depressing economic times behind and turn Portugal's capital into a hive for tech startups.

Jailhouse rock: Inmates send out anti-drug message in prison show

In a prison courtyard on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, the eight inmates that make up the band "Children of Iron Bars" rock the audience with their anti-drug hits.

'Afghan Girl' denied bail over fake ID

A Pakistani court refused bail Wednesday to an Afghan woman immortalized on a National Geographic cover after she was arrested in Pakistan and accused of being one of thousands of refugees using fake ID cards.

Television's 'narco' shows in the frame

Mexican lawmakers want the country's terrestrial television networks to stop broadcasting "narco series" during primetime hours over concerns they could influence children in a country beset by organized crime.

50 years on from devastating flood, Florence recalls its 'Angels of the Mud'

Fifty years after the river Arno burst its banks with devastating consequences, Florence will this week remember the Angels of the Mud who came to save the Italian city's artistic treasures.

New report: Jetliner plunged rapidly, not ready for landing

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 appeared to be out of control when it plunged into the ocean, with the wing flaps not prepared for landing, a new report said on Wednesday.

Probe ordered into deadly bar blaze

Vietnam has ordered an investigation into a blaze which killed 13 at a karaoke bar and took five hours to put out, as officials said on Wednesday that some victims likely suffocated in windowless rooms.

Candidates warn of dire consequences if rival wins

Donald Trump could draw the United States into nuclear war, Hillary Clinton warns. Clinton would plunge the country into a constitutional crisis, he says.

NYT: FBI director's letter broke pattern

The FBI director's making public a new trove of emails connected to Hillary Clinton on Friday departed from decisions in recent months to keep quiet two separate investigations, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Park's former secretary probed over scandal

South Korean prosecutors summoned former presidential secretary Ahn Jong-beom on Wednesday on his alleged connection to the scandal that President Park Geun-hye allowed her old friend Choi Soon-sil to meddle in state affairs, officials said.

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Festival reflects sounder footing for diplomatic ties

A woman in a floaty dress wrestles a minotaur who reflects her inner demons in Errand into the Maze, one of the Martha Graham Dance Company works that made its Cuban premiere this weekend to thunderous applause at the Havana ballet festival.