Fans came out to Madison Square Garden on Sunday night expecting to see the MTV VMAs. Instead, they got an epic Beyonce concert. The Queen Bey shut it down as she performed more than five songs over 15 minutes that left the audience standin...
Andree Wu has only been an intern at Shanghai start-up Yitu Technology for a couple of months, but already feels at home. The atmosphere is cozy, she says, with a piano for impromptu music breaks and a fridge stocked with drinks and snacks. ...
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, with reports of fatalities and significant damage surfacing quickly in its aftermath. Officials say the towns of Accumoli and Amatrice appear to be the hardest hit by the quak...
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Fu Yuanhui thought she had lost out on a medal in the finals on August 9 She was talking about defeat when she was told she had won third place Fu is already an internet celebrity following funny semi-final interview AChines...
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan, who has lived in the US for the past 12 years, is applying to become a US citizen. That process includes a citizenship test. Here, she recounts her efforts to get up to speed. It's more than 25 years since I last t...
There are dramatic marriage proposals - and then there's proposing during the biggest sporting competition in the world. Chinese diver He Zi had just received a silver medal for the women's three-metre springboard at the Rio Olympics on Sund...
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Satellite images appear to show China has built aircraft hangars on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images, from late July, were released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and appear to confirm that Chinese military f...
Tuesday, Aug. 9 MEET THE MAN WHO WELCOMES OBAMA TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD While the Obamas mix up their routine each year on Martha’s Vineyard, every vacation begins the same way: with a greeting from Rep. Bill Keating, D-Massachus...
\\\\\\\"The Bodyguard\\\\\\\" was the late singer Whitney Houston's first film. Now, a new singer is taking on the role of Rachel Marron in a stage version of the 1992 blockbuster. Deborah Cox is set to go on a national tour of \\\\\\\"The Bodygu...
When Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete in history, hit the pool deck this weekend in Rio, Olympic viewers may have been perplexed by the purple circles that dotted his shoulder and back. While it looked like it could be som...
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Two armed men have taken hostages at a church near Rouen in northern France, media reports have said. Reuters quoted a police source as saying between four and six people were being held by the men at the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. ...
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