This Day in History | 1994 – Market massacre in Sarajevo

A mortar bomb has exploded in the main market square in Sarajevo killing 68 and wounding 200 people. It is the worst single atrocity in the 22-month old

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NORTH KOREA yesterday slammed President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and said its nuclear capabilities would “deter Trump and his lackeys from showing off on the Korean

French film distributor comes to Woody Allen’s defense

Woody Allen’s French film distributor has defended the American director against sexual abuse claims, saying he has been unfairly caught up in the fallout surrounding

Russia | Presidential candidate shuns Communist party dogma

The Communist Party’s candidate for president would seem to be an odd choice: He’s a millionaire and proud of it. He also openly rejects the basic tenets

This Day in History | 1990 De Klerk dismantles apartheid in South Africa

The President of South Africa has lifted the 30-year ban on leading anti-apartheid group the African National Congress. In a televised speech at the opening

Owner receives letter granting dog unemployment benefits

Michael Ryder had been approved for USD360 every week in Michigan unemployment benefits — until the state learned he’d been dogging it at the Detroit-area restaurant chain where

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INDONESIA Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia’s Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major victory: outlawing all sex outside marriage.

The Buzz | EU nationals won’t get same rights after Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May says European Union nationals who come to Britain during a transition period after the country leaves the bloc should not have the same rights

Pope’s briefing system under scrutiny after Chile gaffe

Just how well informed is Pope Francis about the goings-on in his 1.2-billion-strong Catholic Church? That question is making the rounds after the pope seemed completely

USA | Health care’s Three Amigos? The big names behind a new push

Three guys walk into a bar. They’re Warren Buffett, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon. They decide to transform the American health care system. That’s

Amid publicity tour, porn star denies affair with Trump

Adult film star Stormy Daniels, in the midst of a publicity tour fueled by past allegations of a 2006 sexual relationship with a then-married Donald Trump, said

Offbeat | Meryl Streep, Debbie Harry named to New Jersey Hall of Fame

Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, former New York Yankees pitcher Al Leiter and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt are among the 20 newest members of

This Day in History | 2003 – Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven

The US space shuttle Columbia has broken up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere killing all seven astronauts on board. This is the first time there

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TAIWAN China is again heating up the rhetoric against rival Taiwan, with a spokesman saying yesterday that Taiwan’s cancellation of added flights during the Lunar New Year

First super blue blood moon in 35 years

The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show yesterday. It’s the first time in 35 years a blue moon has synced up with

US issues ‘Putin list’ of Russian politicians, oligarchs

The Trump administration has released a long-awaited list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 “oligarchs” who have flourished under President Vladimir Putin, fulfilling a demand by Congress

Africa’s leaders choose diplomacy to Trump’s toilet remarks

The 55-nation African Union appears to have decided to react diplomatically and strategically to President Donald Trump’s alleged vulgar remarks about the continent. Rather than issuing

Offbeat | German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there’s no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers

This Day in History | 1996: Fifty dead in Sri Lanka suicide bombing

At least 53 people have been killed and another 1,400 injured in a suicide attack in the capital of Sri Lanka. A lorry loaded with explosives

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THAILAND’s ruling military junta has filed charges against seven democracy activists for calling for elections and an end to military rule. CAMBODIA Ten Westerners arrested in Cambodia

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