US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing

Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe yesterday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying

Market forces put America’s recycling industry in the dumps

America’s recycling industry is in the dumps. A crash in the global market for recyclables is forcing communities to make hard choices about whether they

UK | Woman who spent USD21m at Harrods fights wealth order

A woman from Azerbaijan who spent 16 million pounds (USD21 million) on jewelry, wine and other goods at luxury London department store Harrods over the course of a decade

USA | One of oldest coal companies files for bankruptcy

One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday to deal with more than USD1.4 billion in debt amid

This Day in History | 1976 – China’s ‘Gang of Four’ arrested

The new chairman of China’s Communist Party, Hua Guofeng, has ordered the arrest of four leading radicals in Peking. It is a sign that China is

Offbeat | Gecko butt-dials ‘bazillion’ times from Hawaii seal hospital

If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a

World Briefs

CHINA is “not aware of the situation” surrounding reports that the wife of the detained Chinese former president of Interpol has been threatened, a foreign

The Buzz | Swiss court clears ex-banker who gave secrets to WikiLeaks

Switzerland’s high court has upheld the acquittal of a former private banker who handed over confidential client information to WikiLeaks, ruling he wasn’t bound by the country’s strict

Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist

Turkey said yesterday it will search the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Saudi contributor to The

Bulgaria | Radio says suspect arrested over journalist slaying

Bulgarian national radio reported yesterday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the slaying of television reporter Viktoria Marinova, whose body was found dumped

Tycoon going on SpaceX rocket says he trusts Musk

The Japanese online retail tycoon who plans to travel to the moon on the SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts Elon Musk as a fellow

Offbeat | Walk on the wild side: Dutch jogger runs into lion cub

A jogger’s run through the Dutch countryside turned into a walk on the wild side when he discovered a lion cub in a field. Police say

This Day in History | 1980 – Thatcher ‘not for turning’

The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has made a defiant speech to Conservatives at the party conference in Brighton. In it she stressed her determination to stick

World briefs

CHINA The wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in China has revealed that she had received a threatening phone call warning of agents coming for her

The Buzz | Albania to relocate casinos, betting shops to city outskirts

Albania’s government says it will relocate all casinos and betting shops out of residential areas to curb their spread, especially in the capital Tirana. Prime Minister Edi Rama

China’s soy appetite is leaving Brazil crushers emptied handed

Crushers in Brazil are running out of soybeans amid tougher competition from Chinese buyers for the remaining 2017-18 season supplies. Brazilian crushers have been

Americans win economics Nobel for work on climate and growth

Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics yesterday, one for studying the economics of climate change and the other for showing how to help foster

Brazil | ‘Tropical Trump’ Bolsonaro wins first round: People weigh stark visions of future in runoff election

Brazilians showed their disgust with corruption and rising crime in the first round of presidential voting, nearly giving an outright victory to a brash-speaking former army captain

France | Le Pen distances herself from Bannon’s Movement

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen distanced herself yesterday from former White House strategist Steve Bannon, saying only Europeans will save the continent from diktats from

Offbeat | GM, Honda team up to produce self-driving vehicles

General Motors and Honda are teaming up on self-driving vehicle technology as big automakers and tech giants race to develop the next generation of personal transportation.

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