LISBON - Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialists won a general election marked by low turnout on Sunday after presiding over solid economic growth following years of austerity.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's anti-graft agency on Monday ordered 80 people and groups to pay fines totaling about $100 million for allegedly receiving funds from the 1MDB state investment fund.
BAGHDAD - Clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters killed at least 15 people in an eastern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medics said on Monday, raising the toll from nearly a week of violence to at least 110 people.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - US-backed Kurdish-led forces said US troops began pulling back on Monday from positions along the border in northeastern Syria as the United Nations said it was "preparing for the worst" after the United States said it would step aside to allow Turkish military operations in the area.
SEOUL - Representatives from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won't meet with United States officials for more "sickening negotiations" unless the US abandons its "hostile policy," a DPRK negotiator said on Sunday. The two countries offered different takes following their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.
Liang Feng, founder and CEO of Joyrun, a fitness application, believes in a sporting chance. And he has the background to prove it.
Zheng Hongfeng, founder and CEO of VariFlight, one of China's top air-data services firms that provides live tracking of 170,000 daily passenger flights or 94 percent of flights globally, said the company is striving to promote a world that is living punctually.
Huang Aiqun clearly remembers the first time she saw the scar on the girl's wrist. Huang, a social worker, had been notified by the local women's federation that the girl needed her attention. She visited 12-year-old Zhenzhen (a pseudonym) at her home in southern China, in May 2018. Huang immediately saw the pink slash on the wrist, the result of a self-inflicted knife wound.
If you are using wheelchairs and taking a high-speed train in China, will business-class seats be your best option?
Wang Binyan reunited with his missing grandson this summer, after 18 years. The 85-year-old from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, choked with sobs while expressing his gratitude to Sui Yonghui, a 48-year-old policeman who helped bring his grandson home.
Thirty years ago, Iranian twins Majid Shamaeizadeh and Massoud Shamaeezadeh began to learn to play traditional Iranian musical instruments and would perform for family members on festive occasions.
Arro Khampa boutique hotel is located in Dukezong town in Yunnan province's Shangri-La. Its founder, 49-year-old ethnic Tibetan Dakpa Kelden, and his team ceremoniously greet guests with khata - silk scarves traditionally presented to visitors - to the soundtrack of a xianzi (a two-stringed bowed instrument) strummed by one of the employees.
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