This Day in History | 1973 – Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne

The wedding of the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, has taken place at Westminster Abbey. Princess Anne, 23, married Mark Phillips, a lieutenant in the Army.

Offbeat | Geldof to turn in Dublin honor to protest plight of Rohingya

Irish rock singer Bob Geldof says he is returning his Freedom of the City of Dublin honor because it is also held by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu

World briefs

PHILIPPINES President Donald Trump is winding down his lengthy Asia trip with a summit and meetings with Pacific Rim allies, including his host in the Philippines who

Global carbon pollution rises after three straight flat years

Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all, scientists reported yesterday. Preliminary figures

The Buzz | IMF says Europe’s recovery is spilling over to rest of world

The global economy can thank Europe’s robust growth for the improving outlook, according to the International Monetary Fund. Forecasting 2.4 percent expansion in the region this year,

Water wizards: Dutch flood expertise is big export business

On a calm, clear morning, historic wooden fishing boats float tranquilly on the glassy waters of the Dutch harbor of Spakenburg. Yet just over a century ago,

Briefs | US: Veterans Day marked with parades, somber ceremonies

Americans honored their military veterans Saturday with a parade in the wintry cold of New York City, where one World War II vet thanked onlookers for remembering, and in

This Day in History | 1985 – Volcano kills thousands in Colombia

About 20,000 people are feared dead after a volcanic eruption in northern Colombia. Four towns in the Andes region are reported to have been buried when ash

A decade in the making, Louvre Abu Dhabi opens to the public

Thousands of curious onlookers walked through the galleries of the Louvre Abu Dhabi as it opened to the public for the first time Saturday, ending a

World briefs

JAPAN Shinzo Abe held a meeting with a Taiwanese politician yesterday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him not to break with past consensus on what Beijing

The Buzz | Prince stands in for queen at war memorial ceremony

Prince Charles has led Britain’s annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony for war dead, taking the role held for more than six decades by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

EU | Brexit talks resume amid warnings of time running out

Negotiators from the European Union and Britain met yesterday for an abbreviated round of divorce talks, amid warnings that time is running out to reach an agreement

Syria | IS militants evacuate last stronghold to government

Islamic State militants withdrew yesterday from their last stronghold in Syria, a strategic town near the border with Iraq, following a government offensive that has effectively left

Offbeat | Imitating ‘Curb,’ St. Louis man ticketed for honking at cop

A St. Louis man is feeling pretty ... pretty ... pretty ... pretty miffed over a recent traffic ticket. In an instance of life imitating art — in this

This Day in History | 1997 – British au pair freed after appeal

British au pair Louise Woodward has been freed from jail in the United States after her conviction for murdering a baby was reduced to manslaughter. The

World briefs

ASEAN Human Rights Watch yesterday urged world leaders converging for annual summits in Southeast Asia to address the region’s human rights crises led by the plight of Rohingya

UK | Cabinet minister under fire over secret Israel meetings

Britain’s international development secretary cut short a trip to Africa yesterday amid demands she be fired over unauthorized meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other

USA | Transgender woman makes history in Virginia House seat win

A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use. Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, is

This Day in History | 1989 – Berliners celebrate the fall of the Wall

The Berlin Wall has been breached after nearly three decades keeping East and West Berliners apart. At midnight East Germany’s Communist rulers gave permission for gates

World briefs

VIETNAM The scenic Vietnamese city of Hoi An rushed to dig itself out of mud and debris yesterday after major flooding just days ahead of a regional

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