Poland | At Auschwitz, history’s lessons mangled by Holocaust Law

At the most potent symbol of Nazi terror, the caretakers of Auschwitz-Birkenau have a new job: defending history. The museum at the former German

USD275k going to family of each person slain in Vegas shooting

A USD31.5 million victims’ fund that started as a GoFundMe effort announced plans Friday to pay $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 people killed in

Offbeat | Drunk man takes USD1,600 Uber from West Virginia to New Jersey

A New Jersey man who got drunk in West Virginia and mistakenly ordered a USD1,635 Uber ride back to his home state says the experience was “crazy.”

This Day in History | 1953 – Soviet leader ‘on brink of death’

Rumours are circulating in Moscow that Joseph Stalin, the long-time leader of the Soviet Union, is near death. The first official news of Mr Stalin’s

World briefs

HONG KONG An Indian man sought in his home country for a long list of alleged offenses including terrorism appeared in a Hong Kong court on robbery charges.

USA | Shootings: Teacher barricades himself in class, fires gun; no one hurt

A social studies teacher barricaded himself inside a classroom at a Georgia high school yesterday and fired a handgun, sending students running outside or hunkering down in

White House | Hope Hicks leaving as Trump’s communication director

White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation, leaving a void around a

This Day in History | 1970 Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic

The new Rhodesian Republic, came into being at 2301BST yesterday, unrecognised by the rest of the world and barely noticed by Rhodesians themselves. Mr Smith signed a proclamation

Offbeat | Jury duty anyone? North Carolina county finds few takers

The judges, deputies and clerks showed up for court, but one key element was missing: No one had invited any jurors. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that North

World briefs

NORTH KOREA Leader Kim Jong Un used an illegally obtained Brazilian passport to apply for visas to western countries in the 1990s, according to European security services sources

The Buzz | It was fake news: Obama not bidding for top United Nations post

Former President Barack Obama never campaigned to become U.N. secretary-general, despite a false story claiming he had announced a bid and was consulting others. A story appearing

USA | White House downgrades Kushner’s security clearance

The security clearance of White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner has been downgraded, significantly reducing his access to classified information, according to two people informed

USA – Shootings | Infowars says YouTube dinged it for slamming survivors

Infowars, a conspiracy website that suggested survivors of the Florida school shooting were coached on their pleas for gun control, said its video account was temporarily frozen

Offbeat | At Flag Day ceremony, Mexico’s ‘tri-color’ flies upside down

A Flag Day ceremony in Mexico has gone awry, with troops flying the country’s red, white and green “tri-color” upside down. Local media show images of the

This Day in History | 1966 – Britain to go decimal in 1971

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Callaghan, has confirmed the “historic and momentous” decision to change over to decimal coinage. It was just one of a

World briefs

INDONESIA has seized a luxury yacht on the tourist island of Bali that is wanted by U.S. authorities as part of a probe into alleged multibillion-dollar corruption at

Borderline | EU unveils Brexit draft, ramping up pressure on Britain

Concerned that time is fast running out, the European Union moved yesterday to force Britain’s hand in Brexit negotiations by publishing a draft text that provocatively

South Sudan | Amid war, a Miss World pageant carries on

Arual Longar was 9 years old when she decided to become a beauty queen. Growing up in refugee camps, the South Sudanese native watched her aunt compete

Nigeria | Students too scared to return to school after attack

Frightened students stayed away from the school in northern Nigeria where Boko Haram extremists seized 110 girls in a raid a week ago, while the military said

Syria airstrike kills 34 | Russia-ordered ‘pause’ goes into effect east of Damascus

At least 34 people were killed yesterday by airstrikes and shelling, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The U.N. estimates that nearly 400,000 people live

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