Eiffel Tower shuts down as mass strikes cripple France

The Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s vaunted high-speed trains stood still and teachers walked off the job as unions launched nationwide strikes and protests Thursday over

The Buzz | Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’ as palace gossip goes viral

NATO leaders professed unity on Wednesday at a summit near London — but a spat over off-the-cuff chit chat at a royal reception rattled their show of solidarity.

UK | Trump joins NATO leaders as impeachment inquiry resumes

President Donald Trump is huddling with NATO leaders as House Democrats prepare to resume their impeachment inquiry probing whether he abused his presidential authority by urging a foreign leader to

This Day in history | 1991 Maxwell business empire faces bankruptcy

Administrators have been called in to try to salvage the Maxwell business empire, which is at least £1bn in debt. At 1100 GMT two sons of the late business tycoon Robert

Offbeat | ‘Unicorn puppy’ will stay with Missouri rescue mission

The beagle-mix puppy, named Narwhal the Little Magical Furry Unicorn, was rescued in November by Mac’s Mission in southeast Missouri. He drew international attention when his picture hit social media,

Charges against Remy Ma are dropped

Manhattan prosecutors have dropped their case against Remy Ma. The Grammy-nominated rapper was arrested in May on charges of punching her “Love & Hip Hop New York” castmate Brittney Taylor in

Obamas’ publisher makes new pledge to education organization

The publisher of Barack and Michelle Obama has pledged to donate 300,000 children’s books to a leading educational organization, adding to the 1 million copies already given. Penguin Random House announced

Drake is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade

Drake is the king of streaming: the rapper has been named Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade. Spotify announced Tuesday that Drake has been streamed 28 billion times in the last

The Buzz | France creates anti-hate crime office amid anti-Semitic wave

The French government is creating a national anti-hate crime office following the discovery of anti-Semitic graffiti at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner made the announcement yesterday

EU climate leadership in doubt as bloc set to miss 2030 goal

The European Union said yesterday that it will likely miss its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, dealing a blow to the bloc’s efforts to be a leader in

World Briefs

CHINA Tech-giant Huawei’s reputation has been repeatedly attacked by the United States and others over allegations of Communist Party control. Now its vaunted status at home has taken a blow

UN Security Council to head to Washington, and Kentucky

The United Nations Security Council is set to meet President Donald Trump over lunch tomorrow, then travel later this month to part of the U.S. that’s off the beaten path

Trump attacks Macron over NATO comments

U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday took aim at President Emmanuel Macron over the French leader’s criticism of NATO, and criticized the other members of the military alliance for being too

France threatens retaliation if US doubles Champagne price

France is threatening a “strong European riposte” if the Trump administration follows through on a proposal to hit French cheese, Champagne, handbags and other products with tariffs - of up

This Day in History | 2003 US pulls back from steel trade war

The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Offbeat | Man rescued after 13 nights stranded in Outback; one missing

A second person missing in the punishing Australian Outback for almost two weeks was rescued yesterday, while the search continued for their missing friend. Northern Territory Police said Phu Tran was

Two K-pop stars get prison terms for sexual crimes

A South Korean court on last week found two K-pop stars guilty of illicit sexual relations with a woman who was unable to resist and sentenced them to up to

Author Milan Kundera has Czech citizenship restored

Milan Kundera, the Czech-born author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” has been given back the citizenship of his homeland that he lost 40 years ago. The Czech ambassador to France,

Greta Thunberg arrives by sail in Europe for climate talks

Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived yesterday by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the

The Buzz | Iran state TV says ‘rioters’ shot and killed amid protests

Iranian state television yesterday acknowledged security forces shot and killed what it described as “rioters” in multiple cities amid recent protests over the spike in government-set gasoline prices — the

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