Afghanistan | Car bomb near stadium kills 13, says official

A car bombing outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday killed 13 people and wounded 40 others, an official said. Aminullah Abed, the chief

Obama: Pyongyang’s isolation means less leverage in talks

Former President Barack Obama said yesterday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country’s isolation minimizes possible leverage, such

Koreas to hold high-level talks to set up Kim-Moon summit

The rival Koreas have agreed to hold high-level talks this coming week to prepare for an April summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President

India | Court jails powerful politician for embezzling funds

A powerful Indian politician was sentenced Saturday to 14 years in prison for embezzling 37 million rupees (USD570,000) from a state government’s treasury while he was the

Analysis | Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war

President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies. One pie in the face leads to another. And then another.

Briefs | US: Hundreds of thousands demand gun control

In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the U.S. against gun violence Saturday, vowing to transform fear and

Germany arrests fugitive ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive ex-leader of Catalonia and ardent separatist, was arrested yesterday by German police on an international warrant as he tried to enter the

Offbeat | First direct flight from Australia to London touches down

The maiden flight of a new non-stop regular passenger service between Australia and Britain has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, operated by

This Day in History | 1979 – Israel and Egypt shake hands on peace deal

Israel and Egypt have ended 30 years of war with an historic peace treaty brokered by the United States. The ceremony on the White House lawn

F1 | Vettel holds off Hamilton to win Australian GP

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel captured his third Australian Grand Prix yesterday, taking advantage of a well-timed, mid-race safety car to take the lead and holding off his

Cambridge sweeps Boat Races for first time in 21 years

Favorite Cambridge stormed to victory in the Boat Race to hand coach Steve Trapmore a farewell triumph on the River Thames on Saturday. Cambridge’s three-length win

Q&A – Loren Zitomersky| Known on social media as ‘Backwards Guy’: ‘You use 33 percent more energy running backward than forward’

Loren Zitomersky has gotten used to the jokes: “Hey, you’re running the wrong way!” Slamming straight into trees he didn’t see behind him? Not so much.

World briefs

VIETNAM State media is reporting that fire alarms weren’t heard in a large condominium complex in southern Vietnam where a fire killed at least 13 people. It said

The Buzz | Never-seen photos of Beatles’ early US concerts auctioned

Hundreds of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles’ first U.S. concerts have sold for 253,000 pounds (USD358,000) at an auction in England. The photographer Mike Mitchell, who was 18

Heritage |Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants

The elephant is Thailand’s national animal, so it’s only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift

World views | Trump’s tariff hammer won’t hit China’s IP nail

President Donald Trump is frustrated over trade imbalances and the theft of intellectual property by China. His proposed tariffs aren’t likely to remedy the situation, and could make

Monday, March 26, 2018 – edition no. 3014

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