Thai dissident musicians celebrate getting French haven

Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely anti-establishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to

USA | Trump says he wants stronger gun checks, but reneged in past

President Donald Trump claimed yesterday he wants legislation providing “strong background checks” for gun users, but he provided no details and has reneged on previous promises to strengthen gun laws

This Day in History | 1961 – Russian cosmonaut spends day in space

The USSR has launched its second cosmonaut into space just four months after Yuri Gagarin made his historic venture. Major Gherman Titov, aged 25, has amazed the world by spending the

Offbeat | Illegal trash dumper leaves witty nod to Arlo Guthrie song

Whoever dumped trash at the building made famous in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 Thanksgiving protest anthem “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” has a sense of humor. The director of what’s now the Guthrie Center

Encore! New ‘Angelina Ballerina’ books in the works

The beloved “Angelina Ballerina” picture books series is getting an encore. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced Monday that a reissue of the original book, “Angelina Ballerina,” comes out this month,

‘The Rookie’ star alleges sexual harassment, discrimination

Afton Williamson, co- star of the ABC crime series “The Rookie,” said she’s quitting the show because of sexual harassment and racial discrimination she experienced during the show’s first season. In

The Buzz | Restored World War II Spitfire begins round-the-world trip

A restored World War II Spitfire has taken off from an English aerodrome on the first leg of a planned 27,000-mile (43,000-kilometer) trip around the globe. Pilots Steve Brooks and Matt

World briefs

CHINA  allowed its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar yesterday for the first time in 11 years, prompting concern Beijing might use

Centuries-old bazaar in Aleppo making slow recovery

Bit by bit, Aleppo’s centuries-old bazaar is being rebuilt as Syrians try to restore one of their historical crown jewels, devastated during years of brutal fighting for control of the

20 dead, more wounded after gunman attacks Texas shoppers

A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season,

9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours

A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say,

Offbeat | 10,000 bottles of beer on the road: German truck loses load

Police in Germany say a truck carrying crates of beer lost part of its load, spilling about 10,000 bottles onto a road in the southwest of the country.

This Day in History | 1962 – Marilyn Monroe found dead

Screen icon Marilyn Monroe has been found dead in bed at her Los Angeles home. The 36-year-old actress’ body was discovered in the early hours of this morning

Life & Style | Jury tells Katy Perry, others to pay $2.78m

A jury has found that Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay $2.78 million because the pop star’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” copied

World briefs

The Buzz | Egypt begins restoration on King Tut’s golden coffin

Egypt started the first-ever restoration work on a gold-covered sarcophagus of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun, ahead of the country’s new museum opening next year, the antiquities minister

Uganda begins largest trial of experimental Ebola vaccine

Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak

Mozambique’s last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms

Mozambique’s president and the leader of the Renamo opposition signed a peace accord yesterday to end years of hostilities that followed a 15-year civil war.

Iran president: US sanctions on foreign minister ‘childish’

Iran’s president lambasted new U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration targeting the country’s foreign minister, describing the move yesterday as “childish” and a barrier to

Offbeat | Ducks, stuck, loose: Police rescue 3 ducklings from grate

A mother duck and her nine babies were crossing a New York City street when three ducklings fell through a storm grate and had to be retrieved by

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