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[Graphic News] Zuckerberg becomes world's 3rd-richest person

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person, further solidifying technology as the most robust creator of wealth Above Zuckerberg were Amaz...

Jul 9, 2018
World Business
China says open for trade with east Europe as clash with US ramps up

SOFIA - China remains open for trade with foreign partners and can only benefit from an economically strong Europe, its premier said on Saturday as he pressed for expanded ties with the continent's e...

Jul 9, 2018
World Business
4 rescued from Thai cave in risky operation; 9 remain inside

Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfo...

Jul 9, 2018
World News
Tropical Storm Beryl disintegrates as it zips to Caribbean

Tropical storm Beryl disintegrated Sunday as it zipped toward the eastern Caribbean, where forecasters still warned of heavy rains on islands struggling to recover from last year's deadly hurricanes....

Jul 9, 2018
World News
WWII bomb defused at Volkswagen site in German city

BERLIN (AP) -- A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. ...

Jul 8, 2018
World News
[Breaking] First two Thai schoolboys rescued from flooded cave

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - The first two schoolboys have emerged from a flooded Thai cave after divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to rescue the children and their soccer coach, who...

Jul 8, 2018
World News
Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin

MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) - Elite divers on Sunday began the extremely dangerous operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thaila...

Jul 8, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] South Korea tops internet usage in Asia

Among the countries surveyed, South Korea stands out as the most heavily connected society, with 96 percent of adults reporting that they use the internet. The Pew Research Center's newest study s...

Jul 8, 2018
World Business
Thai officials aim to rescue kids from cave before rain hits

MAE SAI, Thailand -- Worried that heavy monsoon rain could soon make the job even more difficult, Thai officials said Saturday that they may need to quickly rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from...

Jul 8, 2018
World News
Strong quake hits near Tokyo; no injuries or damage reported

A strong earthquake struck south of Tokyo on Saturday, causing some buildings to shake and the main airport serving the city to shut briefly, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage...

Jul 8, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists

The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God...

Jul 7, 2018
World News
Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy

A search has resumed for some 23 missing tourists on a boat that sank during a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket. The death toll from Thursday's tragedy hit 33, all of them Chinese nati...

Jul 7, 2018
World News
Hurricane Beryl forms in Atlantic, heads for east Caribbean

The Atlantic season's first hurricane, Beryl, formed Friday and headed for a weekend push into the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still struggling to recover from last year's storms. A hurri...

Jul 7, 2018
World News
China eyes eastern Europe investment as US trade war sizzles

As a trade war rages between China and the US, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is meeting leaders from central and eastern Europe in Bulgaria on Saturday to discuss investment opportunities. Road and rai...

Jul 7, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] Over 1 billion small arms worldwide

A new study of small arms estimates there are over 1 billion legal and illicit firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands - with American men and women being the dominant o...

Jul 5, 2018
World News

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