Landslide Buries 33 Builders in Southeast China; 8 Rescued
BEIJING — Rescuers on Sunday searched for 33 construction workers missing in a landslide at the site of a hydropower project following days of heavy rain in southern China. Eight other workers were pulled out alive, officials and state-run media reported.Rocks and mud with a volume of 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million cubic feet) buried an office building and the workers' living area at the site in mountainous Taining county in Fujian province around 5 a.m. Sunday, according to a website run..>> view originalAfghanistan hangs six death row prisoners in crackdown on Taliban
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MANILA Voting for a new Philippine president began on Monday after an acrimonious election campaign that revealed popular disgust with the country's ruling elite for failing to tackle poverty and inequality despite years of robust economic growth.Opinion polls in the days ahead of the vote showed that Rodrigo Duterte - a mayor whose brash challenge to the political establishment has drawn comparisons with U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump - was comfortably ahead of his four rivals for..>> view originalWhat Not to Call Kim Jong Un and Other Advice From a North Korean Minder
At least 130 foreign journalists traveled to Pyongyang to cover the first full congress of North Korea’s ruling party in 36 years.For the media, minders are a constant presence. They translate, tell journalists where they can and can’t go, and impart the official line on everything from relations with the U.S. to the proper way to refer to the regime’s leaders. And they have a few pet peeves:QuickTake North Korea's NukesWhat to Call the CountryNorth Korea is not North Korea. Rather, it is the D..>> view originalHighway Collision In Afghanistan Kills At Least 50 People
An injured boy is seen outside a hospital after two buses and a fuel tanker collided on a major highway in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan on Sunday. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An injured boy is seen outside a hospital after two buses and a fuel tanker collided on a major highway in the Ghazni pr..>> view originalGreek Parliament passes pension, tax reform bill
Protesters chant slogans during an anti-austerity rally in front of the parliament in Athens, Sunday, May 8, 2016. Greek anarchists hurled firebombs, chairs and wooden planks at riot police in brief clashes outside parliament while lawmakers were debating a controversial austerity bill, disrupting a much larger peaceful rally on Sunday. (Yorgos Karahalis/Associated Press) By Demetris Nellas | AP May 8 at 9:31 PM ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Parliament in a narrow vote has approved a bill re..>> view originalNew prison for drug boss 'El Chapo' seen as less secure
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Photo Eight officers were killed after an unmarked police minibus was attacked in Cairo on Sunday. Credit Mohsen Nabil/Associated Press CAIRO — Unidentified gunmen sprayed bullets on a police minibus as it passed through a Cairo district early on Sunday, killing eight plainclothes officers in an ambush that was later claimed by the Islamic State.It was the deadliest attack on Egypt’s security forces in the capital in months, and a sharp reminder of the continuing threat..>> view original
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