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MOSCOW (AP) ― Tens of thousands of people marched through central Moscow on Sunday to demonstrate against the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study how the Red Planet’s climate changed over time from warm …

BEIJING (AFP) ― Two people were killed and “many” injured by multiple explosions in China’s Xinjiang, the local government said Monday. The blasts …

International environmental leaders and city officials will flock to New York City to attend the C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards on Monday …

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s initial public offering became the biggest ever at $25 billion, after bankers exercised an option to boost the deal size by 15 …

Siemens AG agreed to buy Dresser-Rand Group Inc. for $7.6 billion including debt as Europe’s largest engineering company is expanding its business with …

DUBAI (AFP) ― Dubai property prices are cooling to “healthy” levels after a two-year rally during which real estate rebounded from a slump when the …

ABIDJAN (AFP) ― Bringing a soapy twist to the “Ice Bucket Challenge” that has swept the world in recent weeks, Ivorians are raising awareness about the …

HANOI (AFP) ― For Vietnamese sex workers like Do Thi Oanh, being caught touting for business used to carry a long stint in forced “rehabilitation,” but …

SHANGHAI ― Alibaba has become by far the dominant e-commerce company in China, a country with the world’s greatest number of Internet users, in only 15 …