This Day in History | 1997 – Dawn of Scottish parliament

A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar revealed his blueprint for the future of

Offbeat | Malnourished dog adopted after walking into home amid storm

A malnourished dog that wandered into a Philadelphia home during a storm has been adopted. Sports podcast host Jack Jokinen said his wife found the dog when she went to grab

The Buzz | The Chinese utility buys 49% of Oman power grid

A Chinese state-owned utility says it has bought 49% of the power distribution grid in the Gulf nation of Oman. State Grid Corp. described the purchase as part of China’s multibillion-dollar

Pope abolishes ‘pontifical secret’ in clergy sex abuse cases

Pope Francis has abolished the “pontifical secret” used in clergy sexual abuse cases, after mounting criticism that the high degree of confidentiality has been used to protect pedophiles, silence victims

World Briefs

CHINA A state-owned utility says it has bought 49% of the power distribution grid in the Gulf nation of Oman. State Grid Corp. described the purchase as part of China’s

UK | PM Johnson to welcome new lawmakers, get Brexit rolling

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ready to give a pep talk yesterday to a new group of Conservative Party lawmakers as he begins his

Germany | Merkel mulls how to attract skilled labor from outside EU

Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting top German business and union officials early today to discuss how to attract skilled workers from outside the European Union as

France | Transport workers enter new week of strikes over pension changes

French transport strikes against a planned overhaul of the pension system entered their twelfth day yesterday as French president Emmanuel Macron’s government remains determined to push

Offbeat | Wandering camel, cow, donkey to be featured in live Nativity

A camel, cow and donkey that were found roaming together along a Kansas road have been booked to appear in a Christmas Nativity scene. The trio will

This Day in History | 1968 – Mary Bell found guilty of double killing

An 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in detention after being found guilty at Newcastle Assizes of the manslaughter of two small boys. Mary Bell is

In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a “wrong decision,” said it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a

World briefs

CHINA’s government said Arsenal forward Mesut Ozil was “blinded and misled” when he criticized Beijing’s crackdown on ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang. The government said Ozil was welcome

The Buzz | Putin hails Russian arms sales abroad

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that arms sales abroad have continued to increase over the past year. Speaking yesterday at a meeting with top officials, Putin said

WWII allies, ex-enemy Germany mark 75th Battle of the Bulge

Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked yesterday the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in World War

United States | Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era

This coming week’s virtually certain House impeachment of President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers impeached

Boris Johnson urges unity after election win upends Britain

Boris Johnson won an emphatic election victory that redraws the political map of Britain and gives the prime minister the mandate he needs to pull the

Offbeat | Laundromat, car dealership, grotto and pubs used in UK vote

Some citizens in the English city of Oxford could have been forgiven for bringing their dirty laundry with them when they went to their polling station to cast

This Day in History | 1984 Gorbachev visit to Britain a ‘success’

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man widely tipped as the next leader of the Soviet Union, has spent five hours in “very friendly” talks with the British Prime Minister, Margaret

World briefs

THAILAND Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied in the nation’s capital in one of the largest

Longest UN climate talks end with no deal

Marathon international climate talks closed yesterday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on global carbon markets. After two weeks of negotiations on tackling

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