US | Dems defend Omar after Trump retweets video against her

Top Democrats on yesterday rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of

IMF | Finance officials pledge cooperation, tensions persist

Global finance officials are pledging closer cooperation in efforts to lift the world economy out of its current slowdown, but tensions persist between the United States

This Day in History | 1998 – Former Cambodian dictator dies

The former Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, whose regime led to the deaths of millions of his people, has died. Journalists who were shown his body in a

Offbeat | Girl not amused by ‘SNL’ joke about her disabled pet chicken

The chicken, named Granite Heart, is learning to walk with a custom wheelchair. On a recent ‘SNL’ episode, the television show’s “Weekend Update” co-host said

The Buzz | Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after massive outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down yesterday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors

Diana? Alice? Elizabeth? Britons bet on new royal baby name

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, may be keeping plans about their impending baby under wraps, but that hasn’t stopped everyone in Britain from trying

World Briefs

PHILIPPINES Officials say U.S. DNA tests have confirmed the death of a Muslim militant leader who helped lead the 2017 siege of southern Marawi city and was regarded

Censorship Russia moves to expand state control of internet

Russian lawmakers approved yesterday a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship.

UK | WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested at Ecuador embassy in London

British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London yesterday, after the South American nation decided to revoke the political asylum that had

This Day in History | 1975 – US pulls out of Cambodia

The US has admitted defeat in Cambodia and removed its remaining embassy personnel from the capital, Phnom Penh. Early this morning 276 people were airlifted

Offbeat | Dentist vows to put racy Easter display back up

A New Jersey dentist who created a racy Easter display is vowing to put it back up after a female neighbor used gardening shears to damage

The Buzz | EU, UK agree to delay Brexit until Halloween

British Prime Minister Theresa May says the European Union has granted her “key request” to add an early exit clause to its agreement to a six-month Brexit extension.

World Briefs

CHINA Police seized a haul of methamphetamine and heroin concealed in a truckload of bananas believed to have come from Myanmar. The drug shipment weighing 144.5 kilograms was

UK | May to ask EU for Brexit delay; long extension expected

Just days away from a potentially calamitous no-deal Brexit, European Union leaders are meeting to discuss granting the United Kingdom a new delay — possibly of

Israel | Netanyahu appears headed toward 5th term as PM

Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister yesterday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and

This Day in History | 1957 – Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule

The British government is to allow the island colony of Singapore to govern itself under a new constitution agreed in London. The Singapore Constitutional Conference ended today

Offbeat | Prince Harry, Oprah work on mental health program for Apple

Kensington Palace says Britain’s Prince Harry will be partnering with Oprah Winfrey to create a documentary series on mental health for Apple’s new streaming service.

The Buzz | Man wins over USD110k, breaks single-day record on ‘Jeopardy!’

A 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas won more than UDD110,000 on “Jeopardy!” yesterday (Macau time), breaking the record for single-day cash winnings on the

Rose Marie Bentley | Woman lived to 99 with most organs on wrong side of body

Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. It

World Briefs

TRADE WAR U.S. and Chinese negotiators are discussing adding a concession on cloud computing to their trade agreement that would give foreign companies greater access to the USD12

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