Brazil's one-time richest man, whose rise to No 7 on the Forbes billionaires list and equally spectacular decline came to symbolize the country's economic fortunes, went on trial on Tuesday in a historic insider trading case seen as a blow against an ingrained culture of impunity.
Undergraduates of a pioneering university in the southern city Shenzhen will soon have the opportunity to earn a master's degree in health informatics from a leading US medical institute through a five-year combined program.
More high-tech products and technologies developed in Shenzhen will be shipped to emerging markets along the ancient Maritime Silk Road, a senior local researcher said.
Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy - some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, a new report said on Monday.
Gamblers who goad bulls to fight each other just outside this Haitian coastal town stand for hours by a river bed scrutinizing a dozen muscular animals with horns sharpened by knives.
Murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who has spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday she wanted her World War II epic Unbroken, which was filmed in Australia, to act as an antidote to the violence and hate in the world.
A Palestinian left-wing group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said on Tuesday that two of its members were responsible for the deadly synagogue attack in West Jerusalem earlier in the day.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election for December and put off a sales tax hike planned for next year, vowing on Tuesday to step down if his strategy to revive the ailing economy falls flat.
On a wet and windy morning, Nepalese housewife Bhumisara Upadhyay is out visiting pregnant women, on a mission to slash newborn deaths with a simple tube of gel.
Indonesia's national police were urged on Tuesday to halt virginity tests for women applying to join the force in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
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