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China's 'Maldives Meddling' in Focus at India’s Next Meeting With Quad Partners
Quad is an informal grouping of the four countries. At the initiative of Japan, the four countries, which includes, India, Japan, Australia and the US had their first meeting at the director-level last year in Manila.
Japan PM Shinzo Abe's Support Falls to 39 Percent Amid Cronyism Scandal
Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso, 77, have been under fire since the finance ministry said on Monday that it had altered records relating to a discounted sale of state-owned land to a school operator that had ties to Abe's wife, Akie.
Vanessa Trump Files for Divorce from Donald Trump Jr. to End 12-Year Marriage
Vanessa Trump, a former model, listed the breakup as "uncontested" in a state Supreme Court divorce complaint filing that is secret except for the title of the case.
Syria Conflict Rages as War Enters Eighth Year
The bloodshed, which has devastated huge swathes of the country since it started on March 15, 2011 when the government of President Bashar al-Assad cracked down on mostly peaceful protests, has splintered into ever more complicated conflicts.
Britain Gives Putin Until Midnight to Explain Nerve Attack on Former Russian Spy
Prime Minister Theresa May said it was "highly likely" that Russia was to blame after Britain identified the substance as part of the highly-lethal Novichok group of nerve agents developed by the Soviet military in the 1970s and 1980s.
Donald Trump Fires Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State on Twitter, Replaces Him With CIA Chief Pompeo
A senior White House official said Trump asked Tillerson to step down on Friday but did want not to announce it while he was on a trip to Africa.
Met Opera Fires Conductor Levine After 'Credible Evidence' of Misconduct
The Met suspended Levine, 74, in December after several accusations of sexual misconduct stretching from the 1960s to 1980s. At the time, he was serving as music director emeritus and artistic director of its young artist programme at the Met.
References to Japan PM, Wife and Fin Min Blacked Out of Docus in Suspected Cronyism Scandal
Suspicions of a cover-up could slash Abe's ratings and dash his hopes of a third term as leader of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Victory in the LDP September leadership vote would put him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier.
French President Pokes at Trump for Leaving Paris Accord
Macron did not name Trump while speaking at the first meeting of the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi. But while hailing the "solar mamas," a group of women trained as solar engineers, he said the women had continued their mission to promote sola...
O.J. Simpson's Lost Murder 'Confession' Resurfaces
Airing Sunday, "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" will include the ex-football star's fictionalized "confession" to the 1994 murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
How Trump's Tariffs Morphed From 'No Exemptions' to Carve-outs Galore
People familiar with the shift say Trump's mind was changed by a furious last-ditch lobbying campaign from the Canadian government, Republican lawmakers, business groups and the United Steelworkers - the very union whose members stand to benefit most from...
#MeToo Drives 'Booth Babes' to Near Extinction at Geneva Motor Show
The trend seems to have gained significant steam in a world reeling from recent revelations of sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination across all industries and growing demands from women for respect and equality.
McDonald's Flips its Iconic Golden Arches on International Women's Day
The company also used the inverted symbol as its profile picture on its official website, Twitter and Instagram accounts.
US May Lose up to 150,000 Jobs From Trade Tension: Moody’s Mark Zandi
Zandi was speaking on a conference call to reporters after the release of the ADP National Employment Report for February earlier Wednesday, which showed a 235,000 increase in private hiring.
Royal Welcome and Noisy Protests Await Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on UK Trip
Demonstrators will protest against Saudi Arabia and Britain' roles in Yemen where war has killed an estimated 10,000 people and where 8.3 million people depend on food aid and 400,000 children have life-threatening levels of malnutrition.
Britain Threatens to Pull Out of FIFA World Cup if Russia Behind Spy's Mysterious Illness
A previous British inquiry said President Vladimir Putin probably approved the 2006 murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in London.