UK minister backs Trump move to exit nuclear pact

Britain’s defense secretary says the U.K. stands “absolutely resolute” with the United States as President Donald Trump announced he will pull out from a landmark arms control agreement

This Day in History | 1990 – Aral Sea is ‘World’s worst disaster’

The Royal Geographical Society has unveiled evidence that the devastated region around the Aral Sea in Central Asia is the world’s worst ecological disaster. Three British scientists

Offbeat | 12-pound lunar meteorite sells for more than USD600,000

A 12-pound (5.5 kilogram) chunk of the moon that fell to the Earth as a lunar meteorite has been sold at auction for more than USD600,000. Boston-based

Agent says Usain Bolt has contract offer, coach not aware

Usain Bolt’s long- time agent Ricky Simms said yesterday that the eight-time Olympic sprint gold medalist had received an A-League contract offer from the Central Coast Mariners,

World Briefs

TAIWAN At least 22 people were killed and 171 others injured yesterday when one of Taiwan’s newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route,

Taiwan | Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators rally

Thousands of pro- independence demonstrators gathered in Taiwan’s capital on Saturday to express their disapproval with China’s stance toward their island. China cut off contact with Taiwanese

The Buzz | Murakami: Joy of writing is to start not knowing end

Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he enjoys writing novels because he doesn’t know how they’ll end up. Murakami, hosting a special radio show yesterday, said he starts

As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow

More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American

Science | Oldest fossils on Earth? New look finds might just be rocks

What were billed as the oldest fossils on Earth may just be some rocks, according to a new study. Two years ago, a team of

Man linked to Saudi prince at consulate when writer vanished

A man who previously traveled with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage to the United States entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul just before writer Jamal Khashoggi

Offbeat | Film with Fan Bingbing, Bruce Willis canceled after tax case

The director of “Air Strike,” featuring Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, says the film’s release has been canceled in the wake of her disappearance and conviction on tax

This Day in History | 1987 – Shares plunge after Wall Street crash

The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record

World briefs

CHINA Emergency services said yesterday that about 6,000 people were evacuated after a landslide in Tibet blocked the flow of one of the region’s key rivers, creating

Saudi Arabia | Mike Pompeo meets King Salman over Khashoggi’s disappearance

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met yesterday with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two

UK | Ending austerity ‘incompatible’ with budget plan

The British government will have to spend an extra 19 billion pounds (USD25 billion) a year on public services by the year 2022-23 if it’s to

This Day in History | 1968 Black athletes make silent protest

Two black American athletes have made history at the Mexico Olympics by staging a silent protest against racial discrimination. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold

Offbeat | Cattle roundup over: Last cow caught weeks after truck crash

Officials say a cow that hoofed it for two weeks on the lam after a livestock truck overturned on a busy interstate junction north of Atlanta

The Buzz | Facebook requires UK political ad buyers to reveal identity

Facebook says that anyone who takes out a British political ad on the social media platform will now be forced to reveal their identity, in a bid to

World Briefs

SAUDI ARABIA U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that “rogue killers” could be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an explanation offering Saudi

Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

Add beer to chocolate , coffee and wine as some of life’s little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say.

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