The Buzz | Police warn ‘no-deal’ Brexit puts the public at risk

British police commissioners are warning that a sharp break from the European Union may put the public at risk. The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners warns

US | More change ahead for New York’s shrinking garment district

Hundreds of thousands of garment workers once toiled in the sweaty, elbow-to- elbow workshops of midtown Manhattan before the whirring of sewing machines was mostly silenced by foreign competition.

Five killed when small plane crashes in California parking lot

Ella Pham said it was a painful thing to see. Pham, 20, and her boyfriend were walking in a parking lot yesterday when they saw a twin-engine

Human Rights | Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over criticism

Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador yesterday and froze “all new business” with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom’s arrest of women’s rights activists —

Offbeat | Lonely man befriends wild turkey who moved into his yard

A suburban Detroit man who found himself facing fines after a wild turkey moved into his overgrown backyard has made friends with the large bird. Garden

This Day in history | 1998 US embassies in Africa bombed

At least 200 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured following explosions at United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The bombings took place

World briefs

CAMBODIA Prime Minister Hun Sen has challenged his top political rival: take an oath to have lightning strike you dead if you falsely claim that last month’s

The Buzz | Watchdog says Australia lawmakers increasingly exploit race

Australia’s racism watchdog said the country is experiencing a resurgence in lawmakers exploiting race to advance their political agendas and listed ethnic Chinese and Sudanese among the minorities

Portugal battles major wildfire as Europe heat wave endures

Emergency services in Portugal continued their fight yesterday against a major, four-day wildfire on the south coast that threatened to engulf a hillside town overnight. The

Old-time plane crashes in Swiss Alps, killing 20 on board

An old-time propeller plane crashed near-vertically at high speed into a Swiss mountain, killing all 20 people on board, police said yesterday. The Junkers Ju-52 plane,

Brazil | Workers’ Party names jailed leader as presidential nominee

The Workers’ Party in Brazil named jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday as its nominee for the country’s top job in October’s election.

Italy | Budget talks start as investors serve up warning

Italy’s government fired the opening salvo in what promises to be a fractious period of negotiations ahead of the 2019 budget, in a high- stakes process that’s

Venezuela | Maduro dodges apparent assassination attempt

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast

This Day in History | 1961 – Russian cosmonaut spends day in space

The USSR has launched its second cosmonaut into space just four months after Yuri Gagarin made his historic venture. Major Gherman Titov, aged 25, has amazed

World briefs

INDONESIA A strong earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok yesterday, killing at least three people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on

US | White House says Trump’s tweet about Russia probe was an opinion

President Donald Trump bluntly declared his attorney general should terminate “right now” the federal probe into the campaign that took him to the White House, a newly fervent

Zimbabwe | President appeals for calm after election violence

Zimbabwe’s president said yesterday that his government has been in touch with the main opposition leader in an attempt to ease tensions after election-related violence

Offbeat | Colorado man fined USD1K for repeatedly feeding bears

A Colorado man has been fined USD1,000 for intentionally feeding bears for the third time in the past eight years. The Durango Herald reports a resident reported

This Day in History | 1990 – UK temperatures reach record high

A weather station in Leicestershire has recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain. The figure of 37.1C, or 99F, recorded at a weather station in Nailstone, Leicestershire,

World briefs

CHINA Starbucks and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture, joining the growing competition in China’s booming delivery industry. JAPAN A Tokyo

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