World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court.Iwao Hakamada, who has been on...
Japan Trade Agency Eyes Chinese Steel With Anti-Dumping Proposal
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is seeking to broaden the scope of anti-dumping duties to cover Chinese steel among...
Manual High School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Several different aspects of Hispanic culture were celebrated at Manual High School Wednesday night with a special event.The event...
Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to Europe
On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift...
Argentina’s narco capital sees mysterious drop in murders
Argentina's most violent city, Rosario -- best known as the hometown of soccer star Lionel Messi -- has in recent months seen a...
Australia job vacancies drop 5.2% in August quarter
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Job vacancies in Australia fell for a ninth straight quarter in the three months to end-August with declines spread across...
New roof for Mukwonago Vietnam veteran, Roof Deployment Project
MUKWONAGO, Wis. - A Vietnam War veteran in Mukwonago is getting a new roof through the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project.Through the program,...
Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former Stand News editors in landmark sedition case
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court is set to sentence two journalists Thursday in a landmark sedition case that is widely...
Spain Skips Mexican President’s Inauguration Amid Colonial Spat
(Bloomberg) -- Relations between Mexico’s president-elect and Spain are off to a bad start over grievances about abuses against Indigenous peoples committed by...
Turkish man flies to Indonesia to meet and marry long-distance girlfriend of 2 years
A Turkish man proved that love knows no bounds after traveling thousands of miles to meet his girlfriend in Indonesia. Mehmed Ozcan, who...
