American Rebecca Blady was hoping to spend a day in retreat from the outside world, turning to fasting and worship at Yom Kippur in eastern German city Halle.She and her husband Jeremy, two Jewish orthodox community leaders who recently moved to Germany, had eagerly agreed to celebrate in the "shul" or synagogue there, which rarely has enough worshippers to fill its space on high holidays.In the event, they ended up being survivors and witnesses of a day of extrordinary violence.
An iceberg in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound photographed by A NASA
Critics have included lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and former employees involved in some of Blizzard's biggest games.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (right) shake hands with rebel leader Riek Machar in a rare September 2019 meeting in Juba
Some European carmakers have factories in the UK
Delta Air Lines reported higher third-quarter profits and offered an upbeat outlook on US consumers, but shares fell over a fourth-quarter forecast that reflects higher-than-expected costs
The US Treasury has sanctioned close associates of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, pictured here, who is at the center of a massive corruption scandal
Donald Trump meets with China's Vice Premier Liu He in April 2019
Most hotels around the picturesque lake in Srinagar are shuttered
The revenues of software giant TCS are seen as an indicator of the health of India's IT export sector
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is greeted Thursday by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (R)
US energy prices fell again in September and are down nearly 5% over the past year, holding down CPI
The NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets faced off Thursday before adoring Chinese fans in an exhibition game overshadowed by a free-speech row ignited when an American basketball executive expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.Questions had swirled over whether the game, the first of two planned in China, would proceed after a tweet last Friday by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey thrust the world's top basketball league into the centre of an escalating China-US dispute.
Dissenting voices have 'rarely been as loud and persistent'
Attacks on Saudi oil installations caused a sharp, but short-lived drop in oil production
As the US and China relationship grows more bitter each day, the Communist country announced its plans to place tighter restrictions on visas for US Nationals they consider linked to anti-China groups.
Retired NBA stars Dennis Rodman has volunteered himself to help mend ties between the NBA and China.
The streaming-TV company is becoming more dependent on international growth, making its overseas member trends more important.
It's in a unique position to offer a new compelling ad format.
Derek Keller was wrongly accused of masterminding a Ponzi scheme that defrauded many in Thailand.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams have been the stalwarts of US women's tennis for over two decades.
Chinese billionaires who made their money in IT, pharmaceuticals and education are replacing the old guard from more traditional sectors like manufacturing