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In chaotic scenes, lawmakers surged around the speaker’s seat, some leaping over tables and pulling colleagues to the floor.

These and other measures announced Friday marked Beijing’s latest efforts to address issues in the massive real estate sector.

National police said the officers were alerted early Friday morning that smoke was rising from the synagogue and came face to face with the man when they got there.

Authorities are trying to regain control of the capital of the French-ruled Pacific island territory, where rioting over electoral reform has resulted in four deaths and hundreds of arrests.

Senior official Kim Yo Jong said recent weapons tests were part of an arms buildup plan and not meant to advertise weapons for Russia’s potential use in Ukraine.

The shooting was the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20 years, and has drawn international condemnation.

Why are Egypt’s pyramids in a remote desert? New research says the Nile used to flow there.

Mexico City’s Tacos El Califa de León is the only taco stand among the 18 Mexican restaurants awarded a coveted Michelin star.

Art experts, like many others around the world, appear to be split in their opinions about the portrait painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo.

Each sculpture broadcasts a livestream from the portal in the other city, allowing real time interaction between people on both sides of the Atlantic.  

To date, more than 60 countries have anti-LGBTQ laws on the books, most of them in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia.