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LOS ANGELES – The long-expected moment when Latinos surpass whites as California’s largest racial or ethnic group has come and gone. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in late June, Hispanic Californians began to narrowly outnumber white Californians sometime in the first half of 2014. As of July 1, …

BELGRADE, Serbia – Fearing unrest, Serbia’s police have banned gatherings honoring the victims of the Srebrenica massacre 20 years ago as well as those by ultranationalists who have threatened to disrupt the event. Liberal Serbian groups have planned to organize a happening in Belgrade on Saturday when some 7,000 people …

BEIJING – Chinese authorities have accused securities firms of manipulating share prices and allowing improper trading during the country’s market plunge, in a possible effort to deflect blame for investor losses totaling several trillion dollars. The accusations follow drastic official efforts to stop price declines that caused China’s market benchmark …