The Buzz | Oil jumps after US leaves Iran deal

Oil prices surged yesterday after President Donald Trump said the United States will withdraw from a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and re-impose sanctions. Benchmark U.S. crude

Europeans back Iran nuclear deal as Trump weighs US pullout

European countries involved in the Iran nuclear agreement met yesterday to underline their support for the pact just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was due to

Armenia | Protest leader elected Premier after ‘velvet revolution’

Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime minister by the country’s parliament, completing a remarkable rise to power backed by massive street protests that he’s

71st Cannes Film Festival opens with drama on screen and off

The 71st Cannes Film Festival is opening with the premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, but much of the drama

This Day in History | 1972 – Israeli commandos storm hijacked jet

Two of the Arab hijackers were shot dead and their two female companions were captured, although one of them was injured in the attack. Six

Offbeat | Twins born on ‘Star Wars’ Day named after movie characters

The force is with them. A Utah couple became parents of a boy and a girl on “Star Wars” day, Friday, May 4. The day

The Buzz | ‘Star Trek’ actor George Takei to discuss internment camps

Takei used his family’s story as the inspiration for the Broadway musical “Allegiance.” The show tells the narrative of the fictional Kimura family, whose lives are

World Briefs

NEW ZEALAND announced yesterday that it plans to significantly boost the amount of aid money it spends in the South Pacific, as China’s influence in the region

Living on Hawaii volcano offers affordable paradise, risks

The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Hawaii’s more expensive real estate, but living on one of the

USA | Chelsea Manning: Insurgent bid for Senate is genuine

Chelsea Manning is no longer living as a transgender woman in a male military prison, serving the lengthiest sentence ever for revealing U.S. government secrets. She’s

Hawaii | Volcano destroys dozens of homes, forces evacuations

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed 26 homes and spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air, leaving evacuated residents unsure how long they might be displaced.

Offbeat | Beam me upstate? Shatner visits NY Star Trek set replica

It’s like William Shatner got stuck in a Star Trek time warp. The 87-year-old actor visited a doppelganger of the original Starship Enterprise set in upstate

This Day in History | 1984 – Moscow pulls out of US Olympics

Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR has announced it is boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern

The Buzz | Jay-Z lawyers: SEC probe has become a ‘celebrity hunt’

Lawyers for Jay-Z say the Securities and Exchange Commission has gone on a “celebrity hunt” by demanding the rapper submit to unlimited questioning about various businesses. The

World briefs

US Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed 26 homes and spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air, leaving evacuated residents unsure how long they might be displaced.

Britain hopes to address Trump concerns on Iran nuclear deal

Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. said yesterday his country believes it’s still possible to address President Donald Trump’s concerns about the Iran nuclear deal in time to prevent

Briefs | Lebanon: First general elections in nine years

Tens of thousands of Lebanese cast their ballots Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in nine years, a vote that is being fiercely contested between rival groups

US | Some calming of Hawaii volcano, but scientists remain wary

The number of homes destroyed by lava shooting out of openings in the ground created by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano climbed to five as some of the more than

Marx hometown unveils huge statue on 200th birth anniversary

A larger than life statue of Communist philosopher Karl Marx was unveiled Saturday on the 200th anniversary of his birth in the western German town of Trier.

Israeli PM steps up calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday stepped up his calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal as President Donald Trump weighs whether to withdraw the United States from

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