The Buzz | North Korea holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup qualifier with mystery audience

North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw yesterday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match, though it is unclear how many people saw the game in

It’s a tie: Atwood and Evaristo share fiction’s Booker Prize

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize yesterday , after the judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused

Corporate Bits | Wynn revives Cantonese gastronomy

From October 23 to 25, executive chef Tam Kwok Fung of Wing Lei Palace at Wynn Palace will restore six long-lost Cantonese dishes to their original glory at a very

US pulling out of northern Syria; full withdrawal possible

The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and signs that Turkey’s invasion could fuel a broader war. Defense

This Day in History | 1964 Khrushchev ‘retires’ as head of USSR

Nikita Khrushchev has unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union. The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee had accepted

Offbeat | A solution for food waste in schools: Give it to the pigs

Maine has decided that eating like a pig could be a good thing, especially for schools looking to cut down on food waste. A law saying schools can give food scraps

The Buzz | EU nations commit to arms export ban against Turkey

European Union nations vented outrage yesterday at Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria against the Kurds and joined France and Germany in banning arms sales to Ankara, a rare move

Three economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize

Two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a third from Harvard University won the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics yesterday for groundbreaking research into what works and what

World Briefs

SOUTH KOREAN pop star and actress Sulli (pictured) was found dead at her home south of Seoul yesterday, police said. The 25-year-old was found after her manager went to her

A look at the Ethiopia-Eritrea war whose end brought a Nobel

It was a war that killed some 80,000 people and sputtered to life again and again over two decades, pulling in soldiers including a young Ethiopian who

Brexit divorce talks between UK and EU go down to the wire

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to brief his Cabinet yesterday on the progress of last-minute Brexit talks with the European Union, amid signs of

Putin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine

From Syria to Ukraine, new fault lines and tensions are offering the Kremlin fresh opportunities to expand its clout and advance its interests. In Syria, the

Dog lost since 2007 found over 1K miles away in Pittsburgh

A toy fox terrier that disappeared from its family’s south Florida home in 2007 was found this week over a thousand miles away in Pittsburgh and reunited

This Day in History | 1954 Ethiopian emperor visits UK

Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie has arrived in Portsmouth on the cruiser the Gambia. His visit is part of a world tour, his first since his

Life & Style | Still working ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton marks 50 years at Opry

Country superstar Dolly Parton is still working “9 to 5,” and doing what she loves as she celebrated her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry

World briefs

The Buzz | Hunter Biden to step down from Chinese board

Facing intense scrutiny from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden announced yesterday that he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed

Ukraine president: ‘No blackmail’ in conversation with Trump

Ukraine’s president insisted yesterday that he faced “no blackmail” from President Donald Trump in their phone call that helped spark an impeachment inquiry, distancing himself from the U.S. political drama

Romania | Gov’t collapses after losing confidence vote

Romania lost a third prime minister in as many years as the government was ousted in a no-confidence motion. Parliament voted to remove Viorica Dancila and her minority cabinet, which lost

This Day in History | 1976 China’s ‘Gang of Four’’ arrested

The new chairman of China’s Communist Party, Hua Guofeng, has ordered the arrest of four leading radicals in Peking. It is a sign that China is changing political direction following the

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