Venice’s mayor says police are investigating an anti-Semitic attack in which youths punched a left-wing Italian politician in the city’s St. Mark’s Square. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted Wednesday that fascist-like incidents
US-CHINA US President Donald Trump said he will sign the first phase of a trade deal with China on Jan. 15, sealing an agreement that sees the Asian nation raising
A fire raced through a zoo in western Germany in the first few minutes of the new year, killing more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities
The Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur has more than 100 restaurants, cafes, and snack stands to meet every kind of craving. As of this month, that list includes a
A Cyprus court yesterday found a 19 year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel room at a tourist resort
The parents of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg made changes in their lives to “save” their daughter, not the world. The teenager’s father, Svante Thunberg, told the BBC yesterday that his
An Iranian-backed militia said yesterday that the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the
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
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