‘You Are Failing Us’: Plans, Frustration at UN Climate Talks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming...
Book on Isaan Interracial Love Launches Tomorrow at BACC
BANGKOK — Did Tukta marry Gerhardt for love, money, or out of obligation? An anthropologist says it may be all three.
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It Takes Two: Tango Popularity Booming in China
SHANGHAI (Xinhua) — Foreign dance used to be considered controversial in China. But now, more Chinese are learning it thanks to the country's opening up.
US Woman Runs Own Half Marathon After Mix-up With UK Race
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman thought she was signing up to run a half marathon near her home, not across the Atlantic Ocean.
Nearly 80% of China-Laos Railway Project Completed
NANNING (Xinhua) — Nearly 80 percent of the construction of the China-Laos railway has been completed, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday.
HBO’s “Chernobyl” Wins Best Limited Series Emmy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the 71st annual Emmy Awards, being presented at the Microsoft Theater (all times local):
Hong Kong Protesters Vandalize Subway Stations, Set Street Fires
HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized two subway stations and set at least two street fires on Sunday, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again.
WHO Chief Calls for Hong Kong Dialogues to Solve Disputes
QINGDAO (Xinhua) — Margaret Chan, honorary director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called on people in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to engage in dialogues to seek solutions to current problems.
Area 51 Events Mostly Peaceful; Thousands in Nevada Desert
HIKO, Nev. (AP) — Events involving thousands of Earthlings answering an internet buzz about an invitation to "Storm Area 51" in the Nevada desert...
Norwegian Suspected of Killing Brit Tourist Jumps Bail
PHUKET — A Norwegian man accused of breaking into a British tourist’s hotel room and strangling him to death in August appears to have fled the country, police said Friday afternoon.
