US | Farmers prefer Trump do trade deals than hand them cash

Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative early yesterday that he offered

Syria | IS claims suicide blasts, attacks that kill dozens

A series of suicide bombings and attacks that sparked fighting between local armed groups in southern Syria killed around 90 people yesterday, a local health official and activists

Offbeat | Dancers on Egyptian streets accused of violating traffic law

People who took to the streets in Egypt for an online dance challenge face penalties over allegations they endangered lives and violated public decency, the state media reported

This Day in History | 1952 – Eva Peron dies

Eva Duarte de Peron, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, has died from cancer, aged 33. She passed away at 2025 local time at

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said yesterday that Malaysia’s new government will adopt a firmer stand in tackling a decades-old territorial row in the South

Bad dogs die young, many from euthanasia, British study says

Bad dogs tend to die young, according to a British study that says aggression, excessive barking and disobedience are among behaviors that can doom canine pets to an

US-Russia | Gorbachev’s interpreter says best summit deals are written down

One man who knows a great deal about Washington-Moscow summits is not ready to call the latest one in Helsinki a failure, despite its confused aftermath.

Greece | Bodies found clasped in hugs as wildfires kill 74

Wildfires raged through seaside resorts near the Greek capital, torching homes, cars and forests and killing at least 74 people, authorities said yesterday. Twenty-six of the

Offbeat | Titanic director Cameron backs bid for 5,500 items from ship

Filmmaker James Cameron and Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard are backing a bid by a group of British museums to acquire a collection of 5,500 artifacts from the

This Day in History | 1978 – First ‘test tube baby’ born

The birth of the world’s first “test tube baby” has been announced in Manchester. Louise Brown was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General

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PHILIPPINES The leader of the largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines said yesterday that 30,000 to 40,000 armed fighters would be “decommissioned” if an autonomy deal that

The Buzz | UK to ramp up powers to block takeovers by foreign companies

The British government plans to expand its powers to block takeovers by foreign companies that pose national security concerns. Proposals unveiled yesterday would allow the government to

Japan’s declutter queen Marie Kondo expands her empire

People often ask Japanese tidying queen Marie Kondo what containers they need to achieve her brand of organizational success. They expect her to “reveal some hitherto secret

Canada | Man firing into Toronto cafes shoots 14 people, killing one

A man firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes as he walked along a Toronto street shot 14 people, killing one of them, before dying after an

USA | Deadly LA market shooting started with domestic feud

A man’s feud with his grandmother turned into a bizarre and deadly confrontation that ended with a supermarket worker dead and dozens of people held hostage in

Middle East Iran dismisses Trump’s explosive threat to country’s  leader

Iranians yesterday shrugged off the possibility that a bellicose exchange of words between President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart could escalate into military conflict, but expressed growing concern

Offbeat | Art dealer buys storage locker for USD15,000, finds treasures

A New York City art dealer who bought the contents of a New Jersey storage locker filled with paintings for USD15,000 says he got more than he bargained

This Day in History | 1959 – Khrushchev and Nixon have war of words

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and US Vice-President Richard Nixon have had a tense exchange of words about the merits of communism versus capitalism. This is the latest

World briefs

VIETNAM Flooding triggered by a tropical storm has killed at least 20 people and left over a dozen missing in northern Vietnam, local media reports said. INDONESIA

The Buzz | UK silent on US death penalty concerns for alleged jihadis

A furor has erupted over leaked documents showing that British officials are not requiring their U.S. counterparts to provide assurances that two alleged British jihadis loyal to the

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