Millionaires now control half of the world’s personal wealth

The rich are getting a lot richer and doing so a lot faster. Personal wealth around the globe reached USD201.9 trillion last year, a 12 percent gain from

This Day in History | 2000 British marines leave Sierra Leone

The major contingent of the British military task force sent to help restore order in the West African state of Sierra Leone has left the country. The departure

Offbeat | Her life saved, Bulgarian cow Penka waits to rejoin herd

Swatting away the flies with her long tail, Penka the cow happily munches on hay, unaware of the international stir she has caused. The cow from the

World briefs

US Washington will not ease sanctions against North Korea until it denuclearizes, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday, as he reassured key Asian allies that President

The Buzz | UK lifts immigration cap for medical workers amid shortages

Britain says it will lift a cap on the number of visas granted to foreign doctors and nurses to help ease staffing shortfalls in the National Health Service.

US returns 1493 Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican

The United States returned to the Vatican Library yesterday a rare copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the

Saudi-led forces begin assault on Yemen port city of Hodeida

A Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s exiled government began an assault yesterday morning on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, a crucial battle in the 3-year-old conflict that aid

US | Dennis Hof, Nevada’s most famous pimp, wins GOP primary

Pimp Dennis Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brothels in Nevada and star of the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” won a Republican primary for

With US-N. Korea summit over, US envoy to brief Asia allies

A day after their historic summit, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un returned to their respective strongholds yesterday — but to far different receptions. In Pyongyang,

Offbeat | Distillery has new bourbon flavored by beaver secretion

Beaver-flavored whiskey, anyone? A New Hampshire distillery has a new bourbon, Eau De Musc, flavored partly by the secretion from a beaver’s castor sacs. Tamworth Distilling

This Day in History | 1940 – German troops enter Paris

German troops marched into Paris in the early hours of this morning as French and allied forces retreated. The enemy met no resistance as it entered

World briefs

  CAMBODIA Authorities reacted with scorn yesterday to an announcement by the United States that it has blacklisted an important senior army officer over human rights abuses, blocking

Clinton’s debut novel sells 250,000 copies its 1st week

Bill Clinton’s debut novel had the year’s biggest opening so far for a work of fiction. “The President is Missing,” the thriller he co-wrote with James

President shows Kim a video laying out the stakes of summit

President Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean leader

Report describes Dubai real estate as money-laundering haven

War profiteers, terror financiers and drug traffickers sanctioned by the U.S. in recent years have used Dubai’s real-estate market as a haven for their assets, a new

China suggests sanctions relief for Pyongyang

China suggested yesterday that the U.N. Security Council consider suspending or lifting sanctions against North Korea if the country is in compliance with U.N. resolutions and making progress

This Day in History | 1991 – Yeltsin wins first Russian elections

Boris Yeltsin is celebrating victory as Russia’s first popularly-elected president. The 60-year-old reformer and leader of the group Democratic Russia has inflicted a heavy defeat on

After summit, Trump announces halt to US-S. Korea ‘war games’

President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit yesterday with the U.S. president pledging unspecified “security guarantees” to the North and

Offbeat | Residents try to break world record for largest paper plane

Residents of a Massachusetts city are hoping to break the world record for largest paper airplane. The Revolving Museum of Fitchburg is revealing a nearly one-ton (0.9-metric

The Buzz | Designer Louboutin wins case on red soled high-heels

The European Union’s top court has defended French fashion designer Christian Louboutin’s claim to trademark red soled high-heel shoes. The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that

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