Giant bong, huggable buds: Marijuana museum opens in Vegas

A glass bong taller than a giraffe. Huggable faux marijuana buds. A pool full of foam weed nuggets. Las Vegas’ newest attraction — and Instagram backdrop — is a

USA | Trump’s immigrant roundups increasingly net noncriminals

A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was brutally attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally,

Brexit | EU, UK fail to resolve border row as deadline looms

Britain and its European Union partners failed yesterday to secure a breakthrough in Brexit talks, largely because of seemingly intractable divisions over the best way to avoid

Middle East | Putin seeks to defuse downing of Russian plane off Syria

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing all 15 people aboard, in what President Vladimir Putin said was

Offbeat | Mountain lion visits Colorado motel but doesn’t stay long

A mountain lion has been caught on surveillance camera dashing to the doorstep of a Colorado motel office, venturing toward the open doorway and then wandering away.

This Day in History | 1999 – UN force arrives in East Timor

A multinational peacekeeping force has landed in East Timor in an attempt to restore law and order to the territory. The UN force has been sent

World briefs

JAPAN A few months ago, Shinzo Abe faced calls to resign as a cronyism scandal sent his popularity tanking. Today he’s expected to easily win a party

The Buzz | Sesame Street wants to clarify: Bert and Ernie aren’t gay

The producers of “Sesame Street” want you to know that Bert and Ernie are not, in fact, gay. Sesame Workshop tweeted yesterday that the characters

LA Times Beijing bureau chief quits after sex investigation

The head of the Los Angeles Times’ Beijing bureau has resigned four months after the newspaper suspended him following sexual harassment complaints brought by two women.

Emmys | An epic proposal, but winners lacking in diversity

The Proposal.” It was a 2009 movie starring Sandra Bullock, but now will forever be the informal title of the 2018 Emmys telecast, thanks to a memorable

Middle East | Russia blames Israel for plane shot down by Syrian missile

The Russian military said the Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was hit 35 kilometers offshore late Monday as it was returning to its home base nearby. “The

Offbeat | Man who walked near boiling-hot Old Faithful geyser ticketed

Yellowstone National Park officials have ticketed a man caught on video wandering close to Old Faithful geyser, where he risked burns from the boiling-hot water that erupts

This Day in History | 1952 – US Immigration slams door on Chaplin

The United States is to prevent the film legend, Charlie Chaplin, from returning to his Hollywood home until he has been investigated by the Immigration Services.

World briefs

CHINA-US The trade war escalated further yesterday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on USD60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals.

The Buzz | Greece to move 2,000 out of overcrowded Lesbos migrant camp

Some 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved out of a severely overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month, a Greek official said as charities slammed

Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews

The Israeli government announced that it agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining Jews who want to

Report: Trump going ahead with plans for new tariffs

President Donald Trump is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on about USD200 billion of Chinese imports, The Wall Street Journal reported over

USA | Swollen rivers near record levels as Florence looms

With Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to the city of nearly 120,000 people

Offbeat | Argentina seizes costly film equipment stolen from Hollywood

Argentine authorities said Friday that they had seized about USD3 million in cameras, lenses and other film equipment stolen in Hollywood and New York. Security Minister

This Day in History | 1970 – Rock legend Hendrix dies after party

Guitarist Jimi Hendrix has died after collapsing at a party in London. Police say there was no question of foul play. A number of

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