Exclusive | A contractor fails to deliver Puerto Rico aid

After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven record won more than USD30 million

Offbeat | White House-CNN feud spills over into Christmas party

CNN says it is boycotting this year’s White House media Christmas party. The news network says in a statement that “In light of the President’s continued attacks

This Day inHistory | 1995 – Clinton kindles hope in Northern Ireland

The people of Northern Ireland have given a rapturous welcome to President Bill Clinton, the first serving US president to visit their country. At the end

World briefs

THAILAND’s military government says it is fighting a new threat to public health: distorted news reports. The country’s health ministry announced it is launching a new smartphone

Ivanka Trump’s India visit raises questions about her brand

Ivanka Trump is making a significant solo outing by headlining a business conference in India, but her trip highlights questions about whether her message of empowering

Ireland | Reports: Deputy PM quits to avert snap election

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has agreed to resign to avert a parliamentary vote that would have collapsed the government and triggered a snap election at a crunch

USA | Lawmaker: Stop payment to Icahn to raze former Trump casino

New Jersey’s Senate president wants a state redevelopment agency to reject a USD5.6 million payment to help billionaire investor Carl Icahn tear down an Atlantic City casino

UK hails new royal couple as country awaits wedding details

The engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dominated newspaper front pages and morning news shows in Britain yesterday, as royal-watchers awaited details of the couple’s spring

This Day in History | 1975 – Graham Hill killed in air crash

One of Britain’s greatest motor racing drivers has been killed in a plane crash in south-east England. Graham Hill, 46, who retired from the sport in July

World briefs

JAPAN-N. KOREA Japan is stepping up patrols and urging local authorities and fishermen to be on the alert after several boats thought to be from North Korea, some

The Buzz | Jay-Z leads Grammy noms with 8 as rap, R&B take center stage

Jay-Z is the leader of the 2018 Grammy Award nominations in a year where the top four categories are heavily dominated by rap and R&B artists, giving the

USA | Trump’s Mar-a-Lago stay a welcome break from DC challenges

President Donald Trump draws a wiggly line between work, play and business at the private club he calls his “winter White House.” Like George H.W.

This Day in History | 1990 – Tearful farewell from Iron Lady

Britain has a new prime minister for the first time in more than 11 years. Margaret Thatcher formally tendered her resignation to the Queen early this

Offbeat | Las Vegas pot dispensaries offer Black Friday deals

Big-box stores weren’t the only ones offering discounts to shoppers in Las Vegas this Black Friday. Marijuana dispensaries were rolling out deals, too. More than 40

World briefs

CHINA Rescuers were searching for 12 missing sailors from a Chinese cargo ship that sank yesterday after colliding with another vessel in the mouth of the Pearl River

The Buzz | Dictionary.com chooses ‘complicit’ as its word of the year

Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2017.

American actress Meghan Markle to be a new kind of royal

She is an entertainment figure in her own right, and an outspoken woman comfortable talking about her background and her passions. American actress Meghan Markle will be

Briefs | Saudi Arabia: Crown prince leads Islamic military alliance meeting

Saudi Arabia’s assertive crown prince yesterday opened the first high-level meeting of a kingdom-led alliance of Muslim nations against terrorism, vowing that extremists will no longer “tarnish our

Da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ sale creates headache for court

The record price a Leonardo da Vinci canvas fetched at an auction Nov. 15 in New York may have a downside for its seller, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev.

Terrorism | Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305

Egypt was reeling yesterday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier — the deadliest assault by

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