It’s ironic, but momentarily forgetting some of my safety gear ended up saving my life. It happened as I drove late Thursday into the heart of a wildfire that had erupted
THAILAND Seven Southeast Asian leaders skipped an important meeting with the United States yesterday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend their regional summit in Thailand. VIETNAM Police have arrested
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been assassinated. Mr Rabin was shot three times at close range in the stomach and chest by an assailant as he left a peace rally
The German government has acknowledged that it picked up the tab when the country’s spy agency recently took dozens of foreign agents on a trip to the Munich Oktoberfest. News of
First Act “Wherever you go, go whole, Take your heart with you.” Confucius I have long been drawing cities that are under construction, imaginary cities without time of their own, since all the
Warren Buffett’s company reported yesterday that it saw an 11% decline in third-quarter profits because of a smaller increase in the paper value of its investments, even as it
THAILAND Thai Airways has disclosed that its chairman has resigned as the carrier struggles with financial challenges. BANGLADESH A court in Dhaka granted bail yesterday to micro-credit pioneer and Nobel laureate
The opposition Labour Party kicked off its campaign for Britain’s December general election with one overriding message yesterday: It’s not just about Brexit. Labour leader
A family alleges in a lawsuit filed this week that a Colorado fertility doctor used his own sperm instead of that of an anonymous donor to impregnate a
The UK’s deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned. He informed the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of his decision at around 1800 on Thursday. Sir
Hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider’s
A senior U.S. official urged Southeast Asian nations meeting this weekend in Bangkok to put up a stiffer resistance to China’s militarization of the disputed South China Sea. At
President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady as the House presses forward with an impeachment probe that could imperil his presidency, according to a new poll
Hong Kong martial arts guru Bruce Lee urged followers to “empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water.” That philosophy has driven months of anti-government unrest
Two Swedish nurses say they used towels and rope to stop the bleeding from two British men’s injuries in a shark attack on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The men
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has handed over power and stepped down after 22 years in office. The change of leadership to Mohamad’s deputy, Abdullah
Jewellery designer Kat Florence, renowned for creating jewelry for the stars and famous for incorporating the world’s rarest colored gemstones into her masterpieces, will finally be
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying
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