Britain is gearing up to join a global party in a spectacular array of revelries to welcome in the third millennium. The scale of the celebrations ranges from large organised events,
An Ohio town long associated with the manufacturing of footballs has set a Guinness World Record for the most thrown at the same time. The organization certified the record after the
Opaque, chilly smog blanketed northern India yesterday as low temperatures collided with hazardous levels of air pollution. Across many cities in the region, including New Delhi, the capital, visibility was reduced
CHINA A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world’s first genetically edited babies was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison
Poland’s prime minister said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been lying in remarks blaming Poland for the outbreak of World War II, and argued that Putin is doing
Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of
The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five
North Korea has opened a high-profile political conference to discuss how to overcome “harsh trials and difficulties,” state media reported yesterday, days before a year-end deadline
Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine began exchanging prisoners yesterday in a move aimed at ending their 5-year-long war. The move was
An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring. Greg Zanis came to realize, after 23
A vicious house-to-house battle between rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, and the Cuban army is raging around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province
TAIWAN President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday that the self-governing island’s democracy remains under direct threat from rival China, underscoring her calls for closer ties with the U.S.
A boat suspected of being from North Korea with several bodies was found on a small island in northern Japan, the Japanese Coast Guard said yesterday. The
As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people
Bill Clinton’s impeachment two decades ago set the modern template for President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial in the Senate. But the process may be even more contentious this time given
Election officials in Ukraine have declared opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the country’s presidential elections by a clear margin. With more than 98% of the votes counted, Mr Yuschchenko
For decades, those who have participated in snowball fights in one Wisconsin city have risked getting in trouble with the law. But that may be about to change. A 1962 ban
A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be known as the
Holocaust survivors sang at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, danced in Paris and lit candles in other cities to celebrate Hanukkah together, recalling Nazi horrors that Jewish community leaders fear are fading
INDONESIA Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Aceh province at ceremonies yesterday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. INDONESIA People
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