NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Jamaican drug kingpin described by U.S. authorities as among the world’s most dangerous drug dealers pleaded guilty to racketeering and assault charges Wednesday, admitting his leadership in an international criminal organization that delivered drugs across the world for more than a decade. Christopher Coke entered the plea in U.S. [...]
Internet connections could run ten times faster than current speeds, according to research published in the journal Nature Communication. University of Manchester and Cambridge scientists have discovered a key step in improving characteristics of graphene for use as photodetectors in high-speed optical communications. Graphene is a form of carbon just one atom thick and yet [...]
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks climbed Thursday following gains on Wall Street that were driven by positive manufacturing data and hopes that the Federal Reserve may to unveil another round of stimulus. Oil rose above $89 a barrel while the dollar strengthened against the euro and the yen. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 advanced 1.4 [...]
BEIJING (AP) — A top official in China’s turbulent Xinjiang region says security forces have defused a number of threats to public safety in recent weeks but is providing few details. Zhu Hailun says terrorists, separatists and religious extremists have been plotting to sabotage a Central Asian trade fair that opens in the regional capital [...]
With the popularity of swanky nightclubs like The Edison and the Cicada Club retro is big in Los Angeles. But, while art, architecture, fashion and nightlife inspired by the past may be a “do” — I’m going to say that doowop-era fad diets are a don’t. Specifically, I’m talking about one lousy idea born in [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — The headless remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal, Ned Kelly, have been identified, officials said Thursday, ending a decades-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero’s body. Kelly, who led a gang of bank robbers in Australia’s southern Victoria state in the 19th century, was hanged in 1880. His final resting [...]
BEIJING (AP) — China said it would send a vice minister to a conference in Paris aimed at mapping out Libya’s future and stressed again Thursday that the United Nations should play a leading role in rebuilding the country. Traditionally opposed to humanitarian interventions, China has been less supportive of the one-time rebels battling to [...]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A recent top aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton in his work as the U.N. special envoy for Haiti is being nominated to be Haitian prime minister, a legislative leader said Wednesday night. Saurel Jacinthe, president of the Chamber of Deputies, told The Associated Press that Haitian President Michel Martelly [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge has increased the sentence of a prominent Mexican businessman convicted of child pornography after a prosecutors’ appeal. He extended the prison term to 60 years from 13 years. Federal magistrate Jose Angel Mattar says Jean Succar Kuri deserves a harsher sentence for luring poor girls to his home [...]
BEIJING (AP) — China says its first aircraft carrier attained all its set objectives in its initial sea trial last month. According to Thursday’s official Global Times newspaper, Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun says the refurbished ex-Soviet carrier will continue to undergo testing. He gave no further details. China says the ship is intended for [...]
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