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Last Friday, the International Olympic Committee selected Rio de Janiero for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a wise choice by the...

The Libyan leader’s best—or is it worst?—ensembles from 2008/09

New York Times says it’s "akin to a McDonald’s fry cook taking the reins of a three-star Michelin restaurant"

Another professional athlete breaks our hearts

Canada is fourth. Niger is last.

New book highlights Nazi ties

Number far higher than previously believed: report

A treasure trove of rare minerals may crack China’s near monopoly

Dan Brown sees his first (legal) foreign translation

Fewer Tories than you’d expect ... on the record, at least