Iran | Reports: Protesters swarm Iran’s Grand Bazaar in Tehran

Protesters in the Iranian capital swarmed its historic Grand Bazaar yesterday, news agencies reported, and forced shopkeepers to close their stalls in apparent anger over the Islamic

This Day in History | 1963 – Kennedy: ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

The US President, John F Kennedy, has made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany. A crowd of 120,000

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VIETNAM Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least seven people and left 12 others missing in northern Vietnam, officials said yesterday.

The Buzz | Banksy splashes Paris with works on migrants

Banksy is believed to have taken his message on migration to Paris, which has seen seven works attributed to the provocative British street artist. The works attributed to Banksy

Saudi women hit the roads after driving ban is lifted

Saudi women steered their cars through busy streets for the first time yesterday after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. It’s a

Heritage | France, Belgium seek UNESCO recognition for WWI memorials

France and Belgium are urging UNESCO to designate scores of their World War I memorials and cemeteries as World Heritage sites as the centennial remembrance of the

Turkey | Polls close in elections that are test for Erdogan

Polls closed yesterday in Turkey’s high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections, which could consolidate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power or curtail his vast political ambitions.

Offbeat | Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World’s Ugliest Dog title

A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zsa Zsa won the title

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CHINA Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. plans to raise up to USD6 billion in one of the biggest global stock market debuts in recent years as it tries

The Buzz | Hard Rock casino installs big guitar with misspelled word

The soon-to-open Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City had to work quickly to fix a misspelling on a 9-meter-tall guitar installed this week. The sign, modeled

Michelle Obama’s memoir conveys lessons of an eventful life

Former first lady Michelle Obama said Friday that her upcoming memoir “Becoming” is a “re-humanization effort” that shares the “ordinariness of a very extraordinary story” that she hopes will

US | Trump’s immigration order sparks confusion, deep concern

President Donald Trump’s reversal of a policy separating migrant families at the Mexico border sparked confusion over how the new guidelines will play out and deep concern

This Day in History | 1981 Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder

A man has pleaded guilty to shooting dead former Beatle John Lennon in New York. The court heard Mark Chapman dramatically change his plea to admit responsibility

Offbeat | No beer at this time of year?

A British trade group says there's a shortage of carbon dioxide in Northern Europe, sparking fears that drinks may lack fizz just as thirsty soccer fans fill pubs

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CHINA accused the US of using bullying tactics and blackmail in threatening to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports, ramping up criticism

The Buzz | Terminally ill man gets last wish to gamble in Atlantic City

A terminally ill New Jersey man says he got one of his last wishes fulfilled this week: to drink a cold beer and play a few more hands

US leaving UN’s Human Rights Council, cites anti-Israel bias

The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” It’s the latest withdrawal

Venezuela | Construction boom suddenly emerges in Caracas

You can still find a place to enjoy a nice steak dinner in Las Mercedes, the Caracas district once known for discos and beer-by-the-bucket pubs. Mostly,

Offbeat | Theft of mammoth proportions: Agency seeks stolen tusk

A federal agency wants its wooly mammoth tusk back. The Bureau of Land Management in Alaska on Tuesday asked the public’s help in recovering an approximately 10,000-year-old tusk

This Day in History | 1945 – US troops take Okinawa

The Japanese island of Okinawa has finally fallen to the Americans after a long and bloody battle. The island, situated 550km south of the Japanese mainland,

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