The Buzz | US urges China to release jailed human rights lawyer

The Trump administration is calling on China to immediately release a jailed human rights lawyer who was convicted of subverting state power. The State Department says in

Organized crime | Kate del Castillo glad to not testify in ‘El Chapo’ trial

Kate del Castillo said she’s relieved she wasn’t called to testify in the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. But

World Briefs

PHILIPPINES A grenade was thrown into a mosque in the southern Philippines where Muslim teachers were sleeping early yesterday morning, killing two of them and injuring four, authorities

Exclusive | US Nobelist was told of gene-edited babies

Long before the claim of the world’s first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a U.S. Nobel laureate who objected to

USA | Trump hits Venezuela with oil sanctions to pressure Maduro

The Trump administration yesterday sanctioned Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, ratcheting up pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the U.S.-backed opposition in the

Brexit | British Jews apply for German nationality as deal looms

Simon Wallfisch grew up in London as the grandson of an Auschwitz survivor, who had sworn to never return to the country that murdered her parents

This Day in History | 1965 Last farewell to Churchill

Silent crowds lined the streets to watch the gun carriage bearing Sir Winston’s coffin leave Westminster Hall as Big Ben struck 0945. The procession travelled slowly

Offbeat | Michael Jackson family condemns new documentary on accusers

Michael Jackson’s family members said yesterday that they are “furious” that two men who accuse him of sexually abusing them as boys have received renewed attention because of

The Buzz | Trump to be interviewed by CBS’ Brennan before Super Bowl

CBS News says “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan will sit down with President Donald Trump for an interview that will air before Sunday’s Super Bowl. CBS

Organized Crime | El Chapo tells judge he won’t testify at US trial

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a judge yesterday that he won’t take the witness stand in his own defense at his U.S. drug-trafficking

World Briefs

PHILIPPINES The head of the world’s largest body of Muslim-majority countries has strongly condemned the bombing of a Catholic church in the Philippines that killed 20 people

World Views | Had enough of Brexit? How about 10 more years

When moments of political drama capture the national attention, one at least expects some clarity to result. Alas, that would be setting the bar too high for today’s

AP-NORC poll | Most Americans oppose Trump’s foreign policy

A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. foreign policy and about half think the country’s global standing will deteriorate during the

Trump | Presidential standoff may worsen Venezuelans’ misery

The U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president is being touted by the Trump administration as the only way to restore the country’s

Egypt | Macron to press counterpart on human rights

French President Emmanuel Macron is to hold talks today with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, saying beforehand that he wants to boost ties with

This Day in History | 1959 – Fog brings transport chaos

London has been worst affected - but many areas of the Midlands, East Anglia, southern England and east and south Wales have also been shrouded in

Offbeat | Czech dog sled race hit by severe weather

Severe weather conditions have caused about half of the 100 competing drivers to give up the five-day Sedivackuv Long dog sled race, organizers said. The 23rd edition of one

The Buzz | Postal Service honors entertainer Gregory Hines with stamp

Acting chief postal inspector Gary Barksdale is hosting the first day of issue ceremony yesterday at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York. Hines,

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CHINA-JAPAN Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged he will further expand his country’s already improving ties with China but said Japan still needs to bolster its defense

Russia and Putin mark 75 years since WWII siege of Leningrad

The Russian city of St. Petersburg marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a large military

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