International

NEW YORK — A dog that was rescued from Thailand has been rescued a second time after it ran away from its handler in New York City during the middle of this week's snowstorm.

BEIJING — China's central bank raised short-term interest rates Thursday following the U.S. rate increase as Beijing tries to shore up the value of its currency and stanch an outflow of money.

NEW YORK — A reboot of "The Matrix" is said to be the works, but many fans would rather see Warner Bros. choose a different pill.

THE HAGUE — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year's first litmus test for populism in Europe.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Tin, her husband and five children have cleared years of refugee hurdles to come to the U.S.: blood tests, interviews, DNA and fingerprints, background checks. She has her one must-bring possession within reach, a well-worn Bible, and keeps their phone charged for the U.S. Embassy to call.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Polling booths opened across the nation Wednesday in Dutch parliamentary elections that are being closely watched as a possible indicator of the strength of far-right populism ahead of national votes in France and Germany later this year.

SEOUL, South Korea — It was hard to imagine that ousted President Park Geun-hye could get any more unpopular in South Korea – until she moved out of the presidential palace and left her nine dogs behind.

JAKARTA — Conservation groups in Indonesia have returned 17 critically endangered orangutans to their natural forest habitat in the past month, airlifting some by helicopter to a remote area of Borneo where they hope the rehabilitated great apes will be safe from human encroachment.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump earned USD $153 million and paid USD $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a tax he has since sought to eliminate, according to highly sought-after tax documents disclosed Tuesday night.

LEICESTER, England — First, the Premier League title. Now, the Champions League quarterfinals.