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TRADE WAR Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators are discussing ways to resolve disputes ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit

The Buzz | Trump suggests other countries pay US for protecting tankers

President Donald Trump is suggesting the United States should not protect ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz without compensation from other countries. The U.S. blamed Iran

Huge crowds for LGBT pride parade in Brazil’s biggest city

Hundreds of thousands of people filled a main São Paulo thoroughfare for one of the world’s largest LGBT pride parades — the first since the election of

Ethiopia | Government says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed

Ethiopia’s government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country’s military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said

Offbeat | Bear enters Montana home, settles in for nap in closet

Authorities say a black bear somehow locked itself inside a Montana home and then nestled onto a closet shelf that wasn’t too hard, wasn’t too soft, but just

This Day in History | 1983 – US astronaut Sally Ride returns

America’s first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight. Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the media’s

World briefs

THAILAND Southeast Asian leaders yesterday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one

The Buzz | Michael Jackson’s popularity endures, even after new scandal

Despite Michael Jackson’s depiction as a child molester in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland” earlier this year, the negative publicity hasn’t greatly diminished the King of

Iran | Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone amid tensions

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone yesterday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and

Russia | Putin faces gripes in call-in show about living standards

President Vladimir Putin faced a litany of complaints about low living standards during a marathon call-in show yesterday, promising to boost wages and pensions and boost

American charged with spying in Russia appeals to Trump

An American man kept behind bars in Russia on spying charges yesterday appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump for help. Paul Whelan was arrested in a

Offbeat | Norway islanders want to go ‘time-free’ when sun doesn’t set

Residents of a Norwegian island where the sun doesn’t set for 69 days of the year want to go “time-free” and have more flexible school and working hours

This Day in History | 1982 – Princess Diana gives birth to boy

Diana, Princess of Wales, has given birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary’s Hospital, in London. The boy, who has been named

World briefs

CHINA Former Interpol President Meng Hongwei confessed to accepting more than USD2 million in bribes and expressed regret for his crime, a Chinese court said yesterday. 

The Buzz | Trump offers help for Canadians held in China

President Donald Trump is offering to intervene on Canada’s behalf to bring up the plight of two Canadians held in China when he meets with China’s president Xi

‘Hunger Games’ prequel novel coming in 2020

A decade after seemingly wrapping up “The Hunger Games,” Suzanne Collins is bringing readers back to Panem. A prequel, set 64 years before the beginning of her

Trump, in 2020 campaign mode, calls Democrats ‘radical’

President Donald Trump jabbed at the press and poked the political establishment he ran against in 2016 as he kicked off his reelection campaign with a grievance-filled

Offbeat | Man caught at JFK smuggling 34 finches in hair curlers

Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them

This Day in History | 1965 Students protest after Algiers coup

Police in the Algerian capital Algiers have broken up demonstrations by hundreds of people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President Ben

The Buzz | UN expert urges probe of Saudi prince over Khashoggi killing

An independent U.N. report into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said yesterday there is “credible evidence” to warrant further investigation into the possible role of Saudi

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