Новости за 30.05.2016

The makers of what several news organizations described as among the most blatantly racist advertisements in recent memory have apologized, in a fashion.

Chinese property-and-entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group boosted its buyout offer for its $4 billion-plus Hong Kong-listed commercial property unit, calling the raised bid its best offer.

Dalian Wanda Commercial’s plan to delist so soon after its IPO reeks of expedience, rather than long-term value creation. Investors may have little choice but to move on.

A Bahraini appeals court more than doubled the prison term for the country’s top Shiite opposition figure, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Iraqi special forces entered Fallujah, Iraqi officials said, a week after the army and allied Shiite militias began an offensive to seize the city from Islamic State.

Four people died and several were injured in southwestern parts of Germany when heavy rain and storms hit the region on Sunday, authorities said on Monday.

Noble Group bids farewell to its CEO and one of its best-performing businesses, hardly signs things are getting back to normal.

Ma Ying-jeou has received mixed reviews for his eight years in office since he stepped down as Taiwan's president earlier this month. Here's a look back at Mr. Ma's legacy. Photo: Getty Images

Several characters make bold choices, but will they prevent a dark future for Westeros?

About 700 people are thought to have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa in the past week, the United Nations’ refugee agency said Sunday. Photo: Getty Images

The Cincinnati Zoo has been criticized online for shooting to death an endangered gorilla to save a four-year-old boy who had fallen into the ape's enclosure.

In his new book, “A Billion Voices,” linguist David Moser charts how China forged a common national language from hundreds of dialects.

The chief Syrian opposition negotiator in Geneva has resigned, throwing into doubt the future of United Nations-mediated peace talks to end the country’s five-year conflict.

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Soldiers at a remote mountainous base believe a long-dead colleague patrols India's frontier, wakes sleeping sentries and keeps soldiers from harm.

Soccer player Alan Pulido, a forward with Olympiakos in the Greek league, has been rescued by Mexican police after his kidnapping in the northeast border state of Tamaulipas, officials said.

Poland and its rule of law debacle returns on the agenda of the European Commission on Wednesday, central bankers meeting in Vienna could decide on cheaper borrowing conditions for Greek banks and dozens of politicians and business people huddle for a two-day conference in Brussels.

The morning after Ma Ying-jeou stepped down as Taiwan's president earlier this month, he stepped out for his regular jog – as if to say that years of grinding criticism hadn't stopped him. His critics might say he was just running for cover.

The Philippines’ new finance secretary vows to work to spread the economic gains of the outgoing administration to ordinary Filipinos.

A community in Central Java has adopted a custom called "rice-pinching" to help fund its own microfinance program. Photo/Video: Menglin Huang/The Wall Street Journal

Nihar Janga, 11, of Austin, Texas, and Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Corning, New York, are co-winners of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee, which ended in a tie for the third year in a row.

Uganda, one of North Korea’s closest allies in Africa, said it would halt all military cooperation with Pyongyang following a summit with South Korea’s president.

The family of a taxi driver who was killed alongside Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone strike has registered a case with Pakistani police against unnamed American officials over the attack.

American wingsuit pilot Jeb Corliss hit an apple-sized target suspended over the Great Wall of China on Sunday, flying at 120 miles per hour. Photo: AP

Things get crazy in King's Landing, while Daenerys rallies her troops.