Brazilian family cross extra fingers for sixth World Cup
By Maxim Duncan BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil have won a handful of World Cups but for one local family five is not enough. Fourteen members of the Da Silva family...
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Brazilian family cross extra fingers for sixth World Cup
By Maxim Duncan BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil have won a handful of World Cups but for one local family five is not enough. Fourteen members of the Da Silva family...
Angry Chinese families threaten hunger strike over missing plane
BEIJING (Reuters) - Furious Chinese families threatened on Tuesday to go on hunger strike until the Malaysian government tells them the truth about the fate of their relatives aboard a...
Rodman lands in North Korea for basketball on Kim’s birthday
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Monday with a team of retired professional basketball players to mark the birthday of North Korean...
Rodman says he’s going to North Korea for fun, not to talk politics
BEIJING (Reuters) - Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman said on Thursday he was not going to North Korea to talk about politics or human rights, despite political tension surrounding...
Jailing of wheelchair-bound Beijing airport bomber sparks anger
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man in a wheelchair who detonated a home-made bomb in Beijing's airport after trying to draw attention to a nearly decade-long legal battle was sentenced...
Relatives scuffle with police after China fire kills 120
DEHUI, China (Reuters) - Relatives of workers killed as fire engulfed a chicken processing plant in rural northeast China blocked traffic and scuffled with police on Tuesday, demanding answers to...
China’s Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal “Dumbass” single
BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a...
Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
QIANTUN, China (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and...
North Korean helicopter puts on lonely show of force
DANDONG, China (Reuters) - A single, ancient-looking North Korean helicopter dropped five paratroopers on their side of the Chinese border on Friday in a rather less-than-defiant, lonely show of force...