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Hundreds of thousands of tourists will descend on Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics this summer — but there’s a part of the city the government is hoping to hide.

It was the first time China admitted it landed a military plane on the Fiery Cross Reef in South China Sea since reportedly completing an airport in January.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said earlier Monday that there were indications that the reclusive nation was preparing for a fifth nuclear test.

The contraction is the biggest monthly drop in a year, with electronics and pharmaceutical sectors the worst hit.

If the U.K. votes to leave the 28-nation European Union, it would leave each household in the country $6,100 poorer every year, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer warned.

More than 2,000 people were injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck off the Pacific coast Saturday evening.

With a lower house vote standing at 314 in favor of impeachment and just 110 against it, the president appeared almost certain to be forced from office.

At least 25 people were killed and 11 critically injured in the eastern state of Orissa.

The latest appeal for Britons to vote to stay in the European Union is likely to spur accusations from “Out” campaigners that the government is using scare tactics.

The route between the capital cities, suspended since 2008, was resumed as part of the Iran nuclear deal.

With 272 votes cast, 210 members of Congress voted in favor of the president's impeachment on charges she manipulated budgetary accounts to support re-election.

West Midlands Police said in a statement that four people, three men and one woman, were still being questioned.

Volkswagen has until Thursday to deliver its plan to fix more than a half-million U.S. diesel vehicles.

Five major Libyan oil fields have been closed and evacuated due to fears of looming attacks.

The Israeli prime minister said he had spoken by telephone with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday and told him Israel’s security must not be compromised.

Hopes for limits on oil production were dashed Sunday as major oil producers decided to put off any decisions until the June OPEC meeting.

The move was met with strong criticism from the Chinese side, further straining the sensitive relationship between the two sides.

Beijing claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year.

Among those freed were four journalists and a newspaper executive sentenced for reporting on an alleged military chemical weapons factory.

Fighting involving forces of the Saudi-backed government and the Iranian-allied Houthis has killed more than 6,200 people so far.

Coastal towns were destroyed by the 7.8-magnitude tremor that injured 1,500.

In all, 161 children were killed from January to March and 449 were injured, a 29 percent rise over the first three months of 2015.

Sources in Seoul have pointed to a sharp increase in activity at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, according to a report.

Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 quake along the country’s Pacific coast was followed by 55 aftershocks.

Postal services around the world are facing dramatic declines in letter delivery as customers turn to the internet for correspondence.

Companies affected by Japan's twin earthquakes include Sony, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Honda.

As the death toll from back-to-back temblors topped 40, rescue teams worked feverishly Saturday in southern Japan.

The move could happen if Congress passes a bill linking the kingdom to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Times reported.

But amid limited resources and market uncertainties, it remained to be seen how many countries can heed the IMF and World Bank’s advice.