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The Sri Lankan Ministry of Transporton has conducted a test run along the newly constructed railway line between Matara and Beliatta, the first railway line constructed in the country in…

A Dutch astronaut has accidentally dialed 911, an emergency telephone number in many countries, from the International Space Station. Andre Kuipers, a 60-year-old astronaut with the European Space Agency, said…

More than 100 young Chinese Americans have charmed fans of traditional Chinese folk dances and costumes in a grand New Year celebration performance. Starting from 7 p.m. Sunday, the two-hour…

Nissan Motor Co.'s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Tuesday appeared in public for the first time since his arrest on Nov. 19 at a Tokyo court where he robustly maintained…

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday that sanctions have been imposed upon several Venezuelan individuals and groups.

A shallow and strong earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia early Monday, with no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency disclosed. The quake struck at 12:27 a.m. Monday Jakarta Time…

Jose Ramon Fernandez, a retired Cuban brigadier general who was key in forming the communist country's new army and commanded Cuban defenses at the Bay of Pigs, died on Sunday,…

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military had killed Jamal al-Badawi, an al-Qaida operative who plotted the bombing of a U.S. destroyer in 2000. Trump confirmed…

A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 75 in Kentucky struck a vehicle carrying five family members from Michigan early Sunday, killing all six people, authorities said.…

Former U.S. president Barack Obama has hit the Billboard chart for a remix that features him reciting a passage from George Washington's farewell address. Released last month, the reworked song…