(Baseball) White Sox score four in ninth to beat Indians

Melky Cabrera (Pictured) capped Chicago's four-run ninth inning with an RBI single off Cody Allen to send the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Clev...

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Frail 93-year-old on trial for war crimes

A former Nazi death camp officer dubbed the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz'' went on trial in Germany today. Almost 70 Holocaust survivors and victims' r...

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(NBA playoffs) Thompson, Curry spark Warriors' comeback

WARRIORS 97, PELICANS 87 Klay Thompson scored 26 points and Stephen Curry had 22 points and six assists as Golden State regrouped from an early def...

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Mainland state-owned firms to be scrutinized

China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are being asked to disclose information related to finances and performance in an effort to make them more tran...

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Hang Seng, Shanghai surge

Hong Kong stocks resumed their rally Tuesday, surging 2.79 percent after a heavy sell-off in the previous session, as dealers followed a strong lead...

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Sydney storm kills three

Three people died as the Australian state of New South Wales was lashed by a “once-in-a-decade'' storm Tuesday with homes washed away, thousands hit...

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Xi gets standing ovation in Pakistan Parliament

President Xi Jinping (Pictured with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif), lauded Pakistan's anti-terrorism efforts in a speech to parliament, vowing ...

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Rio Tinto iron ore output shrinks

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto recorded lower-than-expected iron ore output for the first three months of the year blaming poor weather cond...

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Mexico investigates alleged police massacre

Mexican prosecutors and federal police internal affairs are investigating claims that officers killed 16 unarmed civilians in January, authorities s...

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Beijing takes dig at trickster Manila’s American cuddle

Philippines is nothing more than the “cute little submissive'' of the United States, a Chinese tabloid with close ties to the ruling Communist Party...

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