A court sentenced Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of Korean Air Lines’ chairman, to one year in prison after finding her guilty of disrupting a flight in December over the way she was served macadamia nuts.
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Fears of a default in Greece and an escalating conflict in Ukraine spilled over into emerging markets as investors fled for safer assets, sending currencies in Asia and other developing countries tumbling.
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The People’s Money: Faith and health are the new luxury goods for rich Chinese, who are choosing philosophy classes and meditation holidays over M.B.A. degrees and shopping excursions.
With its Cricket World Cup title defense about to start against great rival Pakistan, India is in a funk having lost a test series and been thrashed by Australia and England in a one-day tournament.
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Rio Tinto said it would buy back $2 billion in shares as it reported a sharp increase in full-year net profit despite revenue sagging due to weak iron-ore prices.
Everyone from the World Bank to Goldman Sachs predicted it wouldn’t happen for another two years, but recent recalculations indicate India has dethroned China as the world’s fastest-growing large economy.
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Alexandre Ricard has officially taken the reins at Pernod Ricard, marking the return of a member of the French liquor maker’s founding family to the head of the group which is grappling with sluggish sales in some of its largest markets.
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Chinese conglomerate Fosun won a prolonged bidding war for Club Med, but ended up having to pay a nearly 80% premium to gain control of the struggling French resort operator.
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Baidu said revenue rose 48% in the fourth quarter as the Chinese Internet search giant benefited from stronger marketing revenue, but its outlook for the current quarter disappointed investors.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said leaders at the Ukraine peace talks in Minsk have agreed on a cease-fire from Feb. 15.
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While rivals retreat from riskier businesses, Goldman Sachs is sticking with its roots in trading, which bothers some investors.
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The Philippines drags behind its neighbors in attracting foreign tourists, with shortages of modern airports and hotel rooms seen as barriers.
It had to happen. The Modi temple. A shrine with a garlanded bust of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been constructed in Gujarat. And Mr. Modi says he isn’t happy about it.
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Memex, developed by the U.S. military’s research and development arm, is a search engine on steroids. It returns sophisticated infographics that represent the relationships between Web pages.
David Grayson always travels with duct tape while bouncing from Warsaw to Phnom Penh.
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Cobbled streets, 18th-century merchant houses and horse-drawn carriages abound in this colonial town in the north of the Philippines, a Unesco World Heritage site recently voted in an online poll as one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World.”
This modern penthouse in Thailand’s capital features all-white interiors, oak flooring imported from Denmark and a rooftop pool.
At Japanese aquariums, sea animals get heart-shaped gifts ahead of Valentine’s Day.
‘Pop to Popism’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney presents the work of Australian artists alongside American and British masters.
Incessant rain overnight triggered widespread flooding in the Indonesian capital, bringing traffic to a standstill.
A sandstorm in the Middle East lashed Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, shrouding Cairo in dust for a second day and causing bad air pollution in Israel.
A girl carries drinking water in Pakistan, people gather for a candle-light vigil in Malaysia, a worker fixes cricket-bat handles in India, and more.
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A 100-car pileup at a South Korean bridge kills at least two people, migrants surviving a shipwreck arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa, Rio de Janeiro prepares for the carnival, and more.
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