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Dallas Police Face Ire Over 'Character Assassination' of Man Shot by Officer in his Own Apartment
Lee Merritt, one of the Jean family attorneys, said Friday that investigators wasted no time in digging for dirt they could use to smear Jean's name. Within hours of Jean being shot, they asked a judge for a warrant to search his home for drugs, among oth...
Shinzo Abe Aims to Rewrite Japan Constitution As He Seeks 3rd Term
Abe reportedly has already secured about 70% of support from parliamentarians of the Liberal Democratic Party, and clinching the re-election would allow him up to three more years to work on a possible charter change.
40,000 Sticky Sheets, 300 kg Poison: How Japan Will Kill Tens of Thousands of Rats in Tsukiji Fish Market
Restaurants and bar managers in the area surrounding the market are on red alert for a possible influx of unwelcome rodent visitors.
At Least 19 Killed in Suicide Attack on Afghan Protesters
A wave of violence across Afghanistan in recent weeks has claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians and security forces, as the Taliban makes gains on the battlefield and IS launches deadly urban attacks.
Over a Million Told to Flee as Hurricane Florence Stalks US East Coast
Residents scrambled to flee en masse as the menacing Category 4 storm packing winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour bore down on the East Coast of the United States.
How China is Fuelling 'Indirect Growth' by Moving Factories Abroad and Also Beating Trump's Tariffs
The US and China, the world's two largest economies, have been locked in a months-long trade fight after Trump imposed 25 percent customs duties on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods this summer, triggering a swift tit-for-tat response from Beijing.
Pakistan Rejects Report on BRI Renegotiation With China, Says it's Committed to CPEC
The CPEC, launched in 2015, is a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's resource-rich Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with Pakistan's strategic Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea. It is a part of the BRI.
For Families of Some 9/11 Victims, New DNA Tools Reopen Old Wounds
The New York City Medical Examiner's Office has worked for 17 years to identify the remaining 1,100 victims. Using advances in DNA extraction techniques over the past five years, it has made five more identifications.
World Must Act by 2020 to Avoid Runaway Climate Change, Says UN chief Antonio Guterres
"Climate change is the defining issue of our time -- and we are at a defining moment," Guterres said in an address at UN headquarters in New York.
Japan PM Visits Quake-hit Hokkaido as Toll Rises to 37
A cluster of dwellings in the town were wrecked when a hillside collapsed from the force of the quake, creating deep brown scars in the landscape.
UK Police Draw Up Anti-riot Contingency Plans for Brexit Day on March 29
The leaked document, marked 'Confidential', warns that the ability of forces to plan for a no-deal Brexit is being "undermined by a perceived lack of communication between the policing unit of the Home Office and the Department for Exiting the European Un...
‘Plaid Shirt Guy’ Thinks He Was Kicked Out of Trump Rally for Not Being Excited Enough
Just over Trump's right shoulder was a young man dressed in a plaid shirt, who was making faces and mouthing responses to the President's speech.
China's Foreign Minister Meets Pakistan Counterpart Qureshi; Discusses Bilateral Issues, CPEC
This is the first high-level visit by a Chinese official to Islamabad since the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office after the July 25 elections.
China's Trade Surplus With US Hits New Record in August
The figures were released hours after President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on the totality of Chinese goods imported into the United States, worth half a trillion dollars.
Trump Wants to End ‘Crazy’ Subsidies to India, Calls US a ‘Developing Nation’
Addressing a fundraiser event in the Fargo city of North Dakota, Trump also accused the World Trade Organization (WTO) of allowing China to become a "great economic power".
Ex-Trump Aide George Papadopoulos Sentenced to 14 Days in Jail for Lying to FBI on Russia Meddling
Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation, acknowledged that his actions hindered an investigation of national importance, a move that the judge in his case said resulted in the 31-year-old p...