Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars - a movie which is already setting US box offices
JAPAN’s Emperor Akihito marked his 84th birthday with a pledge to fulfill his duties until the day of his abdication in 2019, and to prepare for “passing the torch
A hot tip could still earn you a cool USD10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you’d better hurry.
Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 68.
Voters in Catalonia faced a momentous choice in elections yesterday for their regional parliament: either support political parties that are determined to keep up
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski will testify before Peruvian opposition lawmakers intent on throwing him out of office in a sudden impeachment proceeding that threatens to make
Residents of the rural town of Scotland, Connecticut, are becoming lords and ladies in the United Kingdom country of the same name. The Scottish land preservation company Highland Titles
Berlin’s most famous landmark the Brandenburg Gate has been opened for the first time in almost three decades. Thousands of people spilled on to the city’s streets cheering
KOREA South Korean soldiers fired 20 warning machine gun rounds yesterday, turning back North Korean soldiers apparently pursuing a comrade who had earlier dashed across the rivals’ shared
President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off U.S. funding to countries that oppose his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital raised the stakes in today’s U.N. vote
The British navy’s newest and most expensive aircraft carrier needs repairs after a faulty shaft seal was identified during sea trials. Officials say the HMS Queen Elizabeth, which
The United States on Monday vetoed a resolution supported by the 14 other U.N. Security Council members that would have required President Donald Trump to rescind his
A community along the new rail line where an Amtrak train derailed in a deadly crash had tried to stop the project on grounds higher-speed passenger trains
The shoulder-shrugging reply “whatever” continues to annoy Americans more than other words or phrases, but “fake news” is coming on strong. The annual Marist College poll of
JAPAN’s Cabinet yesterday approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defense capabilities amid escalating threats from
A new jazz conference seeks to determine what role jazz can play in today’s society, and it has tapped Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as its keynote speaker. Jazz
An official in the United Arab Emirates said yesterday the new Louvre Abu Dhabi museum is “very proud” to have acquired a painting by Leonardo da
Counting of votes for the next president of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has begun, after the polling took place through Sunday night and into
Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart a series of bombings in St. Petersburg,
A cow in Philadelphia apparently wanted to be away from the manger, as it escaped twice last Thursday morning from a church’s live nativity scene. Stormy,
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