Thieves who made off with a "priceless" haul of diamond-encrusted treasures from a museum in Germany on Monday may have already melted down metals and recut precious stones in an attempt to make their distinctive booty easier to sell, experts have warned.
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates - Before the discovery of oil transformed the Persian Gulf into one of the world's wealthiest regions, the fortunes of its people depended on pearling - a tradition that Abdullah al-Suwaidi hopes to revive.
US consumers are expected to spend up to $730 billion this year over the peak shopping period bookended by Thanksgiving and Christmas, and much of it will be done online, according to a poll by the National Retail Federation, or NRF.
JERUSALEM-"When we look at the coming mountains of data, the question will be who will make money out of it," said a representative of the Israel Innovation Authority, or IIA, during a tech event held on Monday in Tel Aviv.
SEOUL - Hwang Hyeon-dong, 25, lives in a 6.6-square-meter cubicle near his university campus in Seoul. The room, which comes with a shared bathroom and kitchen plus all the rice he can eat, rents for 350,000 won ($302) a month.
A school in China that aims to teach the finer points of whisky appreciation to hotel workers, bar staff, and connoisseurs has teamed up with a similar institution in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Editor's Note: The China Society for Human Rights Studies on Tuesday issued an article titled "The Long-Standing Issue of Gender Discrimination in the United States Seriously Hinders the Realization of Women's Human Rights within the Country". Full text below:
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned an attack on a UN vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. The world body said the attack killed a UN employee and injured two others on Sunday.
SYDNEY - High living costs, inadequate cultural venues and a lackluster nightlife scene are acting as a "major drag" when it comes to Sydney's place as one of the world's most livable cities, a report warned on Monday.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party will hold a leadership vote, a challenger said on Sunday, as pressure mounted on the veteran leader to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges.
NEW YORK - Six years after animated movie Frozen kicked up a pop-culture blizzard, the sequel to the adventures of Elsa, Anna and Olaf snowed in the box office, drawing an estimated $127 million in the United States and $350.2 million worldwide, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
BUCHAREST, Romania - Exit polls pointed to a commanding lead for Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in a presidential runoff on Sunday,
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