Tens of thousands of workers are scheduled to hold a partial strike this week in South Korea, after months-long negotiations failed to meet their demand for a bigger wage rise and bonuses.... More


An attempted military coup in Turkey appeared to crumble on Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan’s call to take to the streets and dozens of rebel soldiers abandoned their tanks in the main city of Istanbul.... More


The U.S. government has released 28 pages of a congressional report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which show the Saudi government may have had a hand in the events.... More


Peruvian President Ollanta Humala

Peru's current administration has invested "unprecedented" amounts in education and social inclusion, according to President Ollanta Humala.... More


The United Nations says that three-quarters of South Sudan’s population is in need of humanitarian aid following several days of internal conflict.... More


The U.S. Republican Party is expected to formally endorse Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.... More


U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing questions about a federal lawsuit in which a woman accuses Trump of raping her in 1994 when she was only 13 years old.... More


British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has apologized on behalf of the Labour Party for its role in pushing Britain into the Iraq War.... More


Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes

A half dozen women have spoken out about being sexually harassed by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes.... More


The vast majority of Americans say they feel afraid if one of the presumptive U.S. presidential nominees — Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton — is elected to the White House. ... More


A tropical storm has swept across China’s southeastern province of Fujian, killing nearly 70 people.... More


Former London Mayor Boris Johnson

In Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May took office on Wednesday. One of her first appointments was former London Mayor Boris Johnson as foreign secretary.... More


Mexican Minister of Education Aurelio Nuño Mayer said Wednesday that he will revise the education reform that has been at the center of intense CNTE-led protests, but that he will only consult the rival SNTE union.... More


A highway blockade in support of Mexico’s striking teachers is increasingly gaining popular support in the capital of the southern state of Chiapas, La Jornada reported on Wednesday.... More


Bolivian and Argentinean state-owned oil companies signed an agreement Wednesday for exploring and exploiting hydrocarbons in Charagua in the Bolivian Amazonian department of Santa Cruz.... More


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