Diplomacy | Biden’s special envoy urges North Korea to return to talks

U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea said yesterday he’s ready to meet his North Korean counterparts “anywhere and at any time” as he held discussions with South

The Buzz | Vietnam’s largest city tightens lockdown

Vietnam’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, has begun a tightened lockdown to battle the coronavirus, a day ahead of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to the capital, Hanoi. Police

This day in history | 1990 Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has appeared on state television with western hostages, provoking a storm of outrage. Saddam told the group of more than a dozen mainly British people they had

Crimean Tatars bemoan their plight as Ukraine hosts summit

Erfan Kudusov fled Crimea with his wife and four children after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula in 2014, along with many other Crimean Tatars who resented Moscow’s rule. For

The Buzz | Josephine Baker first Black woman to get Paris burial honor

The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France

Israel strikes Gaza after violent protests along border

Israel’s military bombed Palestinian militant weapons sites in the Gaza Strip yesterday in response to a violent demonstration on the perimeter fence that left an Israeli police officer critically injured,

This day in history | 1992 Iraq jails ‘lost’ Briton

Iraq has sentenced a British man to seven years in jail for what it called “illegal entry” into the country. Paul Ride, a catering manager from east London, was working in

Afghanistan | People protest Taliban in emerging challenge to their rule

Afghan protesters defied the Taliban for a second day yesterday, waving their national flag in scattered demonstrations that were met with renewed violence by the militants who are facing growing

The Buzz | Canadian judge reserves decision on Huawei CFO extradition

A Canadian judge reserved her decision on whether a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies should be extradited to the U.S. after a Canadian Justice Department lawyer wrapped

This day in history | 2003 UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing

A massive bomb has wrecked the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN’s chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Three floors of the

Covid-19 | Britain urges halt to Myanmar clashes to allow vaccination

The United Kingdom called yesterday for an immediate and sustained pause in clashes and unrest in Myanmar to allow vaccinations as an intense COVID-19 surge is ravaging the country. Britain’s

Cambodia | Khmer Rouge defendant guilty of regime’s crimes: prosecutor

In his position of authority, the former head of the Khmer Rouge shared joint culpability for the regime’s atrocities in Cambodia in the 1970s, prosecutors said yesterday, rejecting defense arguments

The Buzz | US families mid-adoption trying to get Afghan children out

After five frustrating years mired in bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they’re adopting to their home in Florida this

Woman comes face-to-face with snake in Australia supermarket

Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake. The head of the three-meter-long non-venomous diamond python emerged through a space

Way to go | Qantas airline requires all workers to be fully vaccinated by mid-November

Qantas Group said the Australian airline company will require all of its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Front-line employees — including cabin crew, pilots and airport staff — must be

This day in history | 1969 Woodstock music festival ends

Thousands of young people are heading home after three days and nights of sex, drugs and rock and roll at the Woodstock music festival. An estimated 400,000 youngsters turned up to

Sri Lanka | Banks on vaccination to see it through delta surge

Manjula Wijesuriya had COVID-19, but his friends and family say that’s not what killed him. When the 51-year-old tutor suffered a heart attack in late July, his loved ones rushed him

The Buzz | NATO chief: Afghan leaders responsible for military collapse

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is blaming a failure of Afghan leadership for the swift collapse of the country’s armed forces but says the alliance must also uncover flaws in its

Obituary | Sudoku maker Maki Kaji dies at 69

Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said yesterday. He was 69 and

This day in history | 1998 Clinton admits Lewinsky affair

President of the United States Bill Clinton has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In a televised address Mr Clinton told the American people that

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