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Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks tumble in morning trade The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong sank 1.15 percent, or 268.81 points, to 23,056.62.

27 October 2016

At least 10 hurt in southern Turkey blast The cause of the blast was not known.

25 October 2016

6.2 quake hits western Japan The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.

21 October 2016

Trump gets booed as he and Clinton trade biting jokes Taking a break from the nastiest campaign in recent memory, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came together Thursday for a New York white-tie soiree intended to bring some levity just weeks before the November 8 vote.

21 October 2016

OPEC agrees shock oil output cut OPEC shocked markets with a deal to cut oil output after kingpin Saudi Arabia allowed bitter rival Iran to be exempted.

29 September 2016

Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled on Tuesday ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft.

28 September 2016

Israeli ex-president and Nobel laureate Peres dies Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke.

28 September 2016

Germany blocks WhatsApp data transfers to Facebook German data protection authorities said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp.

28 September 2016

32,000 arrested in Turkey coup probe Turkey said that courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges of links to a group run by the US-based preacher.

28 September 2016

Last Soviet boss standing, Kazakh leader still lacks heir 76-year-old Nazarbayev is now the last surviving Soviet-era leader to still be in charge of one of the countries that emerged from the USSR.

23 September 2016

Youth to the fore as Milan fashion week opens Milan fashion week kicked off on Wednesday with collections from Italian labels Grinko and Blugirl setting a youth-orientated tone.

21 September 2016

Xenophobia threatening peace in eastern Germany Growing xenophobia and rightwing extremism could threaten peace in eastern Germany.

21 September 2016

Trump son compares Syrian refugees to poisoned candies Donald Trump's eldest son triggered an online storm with a tweet comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl containing an assortment of candies.

20 September 2016

Brazil court orders seizure of Olympic broadcaster's assets A Brazilian court has ordered the seizure of goods and assets belonging to the broadcast-arm of the International Olympic Committee.

20 September 2016

Four-in-10 Japanese are virgins: poll More than 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins and almost three-quarters of men are not in any kind of relationship.

19 September 2016

Sweden re-militarises Baltic island of Gotland Sweden's Baltic Sea island of Gotland is once again home to a permanent military presence.

14 September 2016

China to launch second space laboratory: Xinhua China will launch its second space lab as the country works towards setting up its own space station, among several ambitious goals.

14 September 2016

More than a billion stars mapped in Milky Way: ESA The Gaia space probe, launched in December 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.

14 September 2016

Testing the driverless Uber -- first nerves, and then acceptance Uber has been testing its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

14 September 2016

Turkmenistan changes constitution to extend leader's rule Turkmenistan passed constitutional changes to prolong the presidential term of office.

14 September 2016