Offbeat | Court appearance set for suspect in theft of McDormand Oscar

A man charged with swiping and taking off with Frances McDormand’s Oscar during an Academy Awards after- party is set to make his first appearance in court.

This Day in History | 1985 – Beirut car bomb kills dozens

At least 45 people have died and 175 have been injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. The bomb went off outside a block

World briefs

CHINA is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party

The Buzz | US President economic adviser Gary Cohn resigns

Top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy. Cohn, the director of the National Economic

Stormy | Porn star sues Trump over nondisclosure agreement

A porn star who has said she had sex with President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement that she signed

USA | Republicans want Trump to back off his tariff proposal

In a remarkably public confrontation, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump are pleading with him to back away from his

UK | British counterterror help inquiry after ex-Russian spy collapses

Britain will respond “appropriately and robustly” if Russia’s involvement is established in the case of an ex-Russian spy who fell ill after coming into contact with an

Offbeat | Jazz hall’s signature sousaphone stolen in New Orleans

Be on the lookout for a wraparound tuba: Someone has stolen the signature sousaphone belonging to Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Creative director and musician Ben Jaffe

This Day in History | 1965 – Goldie the eagle evades capture again

A golden eagle which escaped from Regent’s Park Zoo is still on the loose after outsmarting his keepers’ latest attempts to recapture him. Goldie the Eagle

World briefs

TAIWAN will look to its domestic arms industry as well as foreign suppliers to respond to China’s continuing military buildup, but has no interest in engaging in an

The Buzz | Trump says more staff will leave as he seeks ‘perfection’

President Donald Trump is denying his White House is chaotic but says more staff will leave as he seeks “perfection.” Trump tweets yesterday: “The new Fake News

USA | Trump embracing potential for trade war

President Donald Trump is embracing the potential for a trade war after announcing his intent to place tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, as he rebuffs

Mideast peace plan in limbo as Netanyahu visits

There’s much to celebrate but plenty of cause for trepidation, too, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at the White

90th Oscars | Shape of Water and Mcdormand rule the night Hollywood dance between honoring and correcting the past

Held one year ago, the 90th Academy Awards would have very likely been a rose-colored nostalgia fest. But this year, with a culture- wide reckoning

This Day in History | 1961 – ‘Ukulele king’ Formby dies

One of Britain’s most popular entertainers, George Formby, has died after suffering a heart attack. Lancashire-born Formby, 56, was one of the UK’s best-paid stars during

World briefs

PHILIPPINES The government’s legal counsel asked the Supreme Court yesterday to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the

The Buzz | Euroskeptic parties surge in Italy vote, but no majority

Two populist and stridently anti-European Union political groups — both fierce rivals — surged in Italy’s parliamentary election at the expense of the country’s traditional powers, but neither

US Navy carrier’s visit to Vietnam puts China on notice

For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries’ efforts to stem

Italians head to polls as populists challenge mainstream

Italians voted yesterday after a campaign that featured the surprise comeback of media magnate and former premier Silvio Berlusconi and a challenge to mainstream parties by the

Germany | SPD backs joining Merkel in coalition to end impasse

Germany’s Social Democrats voted to join Chancellor Angela Merkel’s next government, clearing the last hurdle to her fourth term and restoring a sense of political stability in

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