This Day in History | 1957 – Arthur Miller guilty of contempt

US playwright Arthur Miller has been convicted of contempt of Congress. The conviction relates to an investigation last year by the House of Representatives’ Un-American Activities

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA The Philippine government has quietly protested after Chinese ships deployed a helicopter that flew “dangerously close” to a Philippine navy boat carrying supplies to Filipino

The Buzz | Intruder arrested after scaling scaffolding at UK Parliament

British police have arrested an intruder who scaled scaffolding and got onto the roof of Parliament. London’s Metropolitan Police force says officers were called late yesterday morning “to

USA | American freed from Venezuela jail returns home to Salt Lake

Nearly two years after a trip to meet the woman he loved turned into an imprisonment in a Venezuelan jail, an exhausted but grateful Utah man arrived

Middle East | Israel military: More than 25 mortar shells fired from Gaza

Gaza militants fired more than 25 mortar shells toward communities in southern Israel yesterday, the Israeli military said, in what appeared to be the largest single barrage

Offbeat | Sting receives honorary degree, sings at Brown University

English musician Sting sang “My One and Only Love” at Brown University after he and his wife Trudie Styler accepted honorary degrees. Brown presented them with the degrees

This Day in History | 2001 – French ex-minister jailed over sleaze

Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas has been jailed for six months in the country’s biggest sleaze scandal in recent history. The 78-year-old judge and close

World briefs

US-CHINA The Trump administration has renewed its threat to place 25 percent tariffs on USD50 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it says are China’s

The Buzz | Study: Deadly pesticide use increases at illegal pot farms

Researchers and federal authorities are finding what they say is an alarming increase in the use of a powerful pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public land

Belgium | Man kills three in Liege with guns of stabbed police officers

A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers yesterday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack

France | Macron rewards migrant hero who saved dangling child

French President Emmanuel Macron met yesterday with a migrant from Mali lauded as a hero for scaling an apartment building to save a young child

Italy | Ex-IMF official tapped to head government firmly backs euro

The man tapped to head a neutral government in Italy after two populists failed in their bid is a former official at the International Monetary Fund

Portugal | Parliament considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide

After legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage in recent times, Portuguese lawmakers will decide today on another issue that has brought a confrontation between faith and politics

Offbeat | Teacher who stopped shooting says he had to act

An Indiana congresswoman says a teacher who stopped a school shooting has been released from a hospital. U.S. Rep Susan Brooks says she met over the weekend

This Day in History | 1968 – Manchester Utd win European Cup

Manchester United have become the first English club to win the European Cup beating Portuguese side Benfica by four goals to one. Ten years after the Munich

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA The Philippine foreign secretary said yesterday that China has been notified of “red lines” in the South China Sea, including construction activities at a disputed

Storm Alberto maintains strength as it approaches Gulf Coast

Subtropical Storm Alberto headed toward anticipated landfall sometime yesterday on the northern Gulf Coast, where white sandy beaches emptied of their usual Memorial Day crowds. And just as the

‘Quiet revolution’ leads to abortion rights win in Ireland

In the end, it wasn’t even close. Irish voters — young and old, male and female, farming types and city-bred folk — endorsed expunging an abortion ban

Germany | Nationalists march in Berlin, face counter-protests

Supporters of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party marched through central Berlin to protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government yesterday, while a heavy police

Yemen | New bout of heavy fighting kills dozens

Heavy fighting in Yemen between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels has killed more than 150 people in the last four days, Yemeni officials and witnesses said yesterday.

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