China Defends Hong Kong Police, Blames Western Forces
BEIJING — China blamed Western forces and defended police conduct after Hong Kong endured another weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police.
Some "irresponsible...
Ethiopia Plants More Than 200 Million Trees in 1 Day
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopians planted more than 200 million trees on Monday, which officials stated will be a world record. The ambitious initiative...
Anne Hathaway Opens up About Fertility Struggles
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Anne Hathaway, who announced this week she was expecting her second child, says she came forward about her struggles with...
Nearly 1,400 Detained in Moscow Protest; Largest in Decade
MOSCOW — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday,...
Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Hong Kong Protesters
HONG KONG — Police repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to drive back protesters blocking Hong Kong streets with road signs and umbrellas...
Hong Kong Police Tear Gas Protest Against Mob Violence
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march...
Indonesia’s Leader Says Sinking Jakarta Needs Giant Sea Wall
JAKARTA — Indonesia's president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to...
8 Dead, 60 Hurt as Quakes Shake Northern Philippine Isles
MANILA — Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday,...
Libya’s Coast Guard Recovers Dozens of Bodies of Migrants
CAIRO — Libya's coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after...
Cardinal Ortega, Former Archbishop of Havana, Dies at 82
HAVANA — Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, a sugar worker's son who oversaw the first papal visit to Cuba, helped lower barriers to...
