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The debris, found in the Indian Ocean Wednesday, appears to have come from a Boeing 777 – the model that was Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 when it disappeared a year ago.

Fresh satellite images suggest North Korea has completed upgrades at its main satellite launch site, fuelling speculation of a long-range rocket launch to coincide with a major political anniversary in October.

“We’re not threatened at all because it’s in worldwide waters…” This was stressed by AFP spokesperson Col. Restituto Padilla Wednesday.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced that she is available to compete in the World Championships in Beijing next month.

The 20-year-old, originally from the British overseas territory of Anguilla but cleared to run for GB in June, registered a personal best and the third fastest 200m time in British history to claim an exciting success over Dedric Dukes and South Africa’s Anaso Jobodwana.

Her rivalry with Jessica Ennis-Hill remains – for those who like a bit of needle and confrontation – annoyingly and genuinely friendly.

He is adamant that moment will never arise. It’s the fastest time in the world this year in the non-Olympic event.

“The white paper has launched unfounded accusations against China’s constructions on its own islands – obviously an attempt to depict China as a bully in regional conflicts, supporting the Japanese government’s knavish claim over the disputed waters in the...

Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is able to travel overseas again after getting his passport back from the authorities, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.

TOKYO (AP) – The opposition walked out before the vote, and thousands of protesters took to the streets the previous night, but none of that stopped Japan’s lower house of parliament from approving a contentious set of bills Thursday to allow a greater role for the...

An anti-war protester yells while waving a sign that reads: “Don’t destroy Article 9 of the constitution” during a Thursday rally in Tokyo after Japan’s lower house of parliament approved legislation that would expand the role of the nation’s military.

China is now in a bear market. Fidelity Investments, which oversees the largest China funds outside of the mainland, says Chinese stocks are a buy following the selloff.

The BRICS emerging nations are anxious about the volatility of financial markets and oil prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

China’s CSI300 index was up 1.6 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index had gained 0.6 percent. An estimated 80 percent of transactions on Chinese stock markets involve such investors, many of whom tend to make investment decisions based on price movements rather than on...

By Ken Sweet, The Associated Press on July 8, 2015.