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China has announced bureaucratic reforms in a bid to transform itself into a major soccer power.

Leung Chai-yan has admitted in the past that she suffers from depression.

A report last month had also said that the prince planned to do charity work in Africa after quitting the military service.

Jeffrey Williams’ lawyer, Jerryl Christmas, claimed that his client was "beaten when he was taken into custody," on Saturday.

The growing corruption scandal around Petrobras has already implicated a former president and current congress members.

The U.N. and Russia announced concerns about the Islamic State group's growing influence in the strife-torn country.

The ferry was said to be carrying over 225 people on board, when it sank on Friday near Myebon in western Rakhine state.

The Labour party wants to raise the minimum wage to 8 pounds (about $11.86) by 2020.

Under the proposed ballot measure, adults 21 and older would be able to grow up to four marijuana plants in their homes.

Britain's Prince Harry will quit the army at the end of the year.

Clinton’s overall favorability rating has dipped 6 points compared to November.

It was like watching a bloody scene from a "horror movie," witnesses said.

Fifteen states in the U.S. have decriminalized marijuana, including 10 that have also legalized medical pot.

Clinton criticized the Republican-led U.S. Congress on Monday in a pair of tweets, calling Capitol Hill fights over a key Obama administration nominee and a human trafficking bill a "trifecta against women."

For the first time, forces aligned with Libya Dawn are battling ISIS militants in Sirte.

The activists aim to spread awareness about the case and also push for the U.S. to stop supporting arms sales to Mexico.

The Zionist Union's strong appeal against Netanyahu reflects the growing importance of social and economic concerns.

Israel's Arab parties faced political extinction just last year. Now they may hold the keys to power.

Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, requested down payments of $2,000 to fill voluminous open-records requests related to the Michael Brown case.

Netanyahu's Likud party and opponent Isaac Herzog's Labor party are virtually deadlocked ahead of Tuesday's Israeli elections.

Big Finance and its lobbyists are lining up to oppose long-delayed rules meant to protect retirement savings from bad advice.

The Obama administration released a report showing Obamacare has reduced the number of uninsured, despite Republican efforts to overturn law.

Amid federal budget cutbacks, a new drive aims to partly fill the funding gap by soliciting big donors to give to basic science research.

The tiny nation of Palau is struggling to handle the influx of thousands of Chinese tourists.

Questions have long swirled over whether Hammarskjöld's plane was shot down en route to Belgian Congo peace talks.

"No one who I interacted with at State during my tenure viewed this as an issue," a former agency spokesman said.

A gay rights law endorsed by the Mormon church is rankling some LGBT activists.

An anti-human trafficking Senate bill stalled by Democrats is the latest reason Republicans want to delay attorney general vote.

The Louisiana National Guard released the names of the unidentified victims Monday.