The Buzz | Maria grows to a Cat 3, nears already battered Caribbean

Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3 storm yesterday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely

Armani, Versace add Italian glitz to London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week got an injection of Italian glamour yesterday , with Donatella Versace’s Versus and Emporio Armani joining Britain-based designers including Preen and Topshop on the

UN General Assembly | World leaders face crises in North Korea and Myanmar

Facing an escalating nuclear threat from North Korea and the mass flight of minority Muslims from Myanmar, world leaders gather at the United Nations starting today to

France | BA flight in Paris gets extra security checks after threat

Police and firefighters checked a British Airways plane on the tarmac of Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday after reports of a security threat but authorities determined

Offbeat | Oh, man! Town might change Board of Selectmen to Selectwomen

A Massachusetts town says it will consider changing the name of its governing body from the Board of Selectmen to the Board of Selectwomen. Brookline Town Meeting

This Day in History | 1970 – Rock legend Hendrix dies after party

Guitarist Jimi Hendrix has died after collapsing at a party in London. Police say there was no question of foul play. A number of sleeping

World briefs

CHINA has ordered 31 people to be placed under “coercive measures” for a collapse last year at a construction site that killed 73 people, the state news agency

The Buzz | Serbia’s leader attends gay pride march for first time

Serbia’s first ever openly gay prime minister joined several hundred gay activists yesterday at a pride event in Belgrade amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country.

Kenya dump dwellers make a living recycling hair extensions

In one of Africa’s largest dumps, some residents are making a living by collecting and recycling hair from mountains of rubbish. Nairobi’s Dandora Municipal Dumpsite stretches

UK | London fire probe chief: Survivors feel ‘anger and betrayal’

A government-ordered inquiry into the London tower block fire that killed at least 80 people opened yesterday, with its leader acknowledging that survivors feel a “great sense of

Offbeat | Pathologist suspected of drunken driving toted human organs

Authorities in central Indiana say a pathologist arrested on suspicion of drunken driving had human organs and tissues in his pickup truck when he was pulled over along

This Day in History | 1950 – UN stages daring assault on Inchon

The United Nations has landed up to 50,000 troops behind enemy lines at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea. Inchon operates as a port for

World briefs

HONG KONG will hold by-elections in March next year to replace four lawmakers that were disqualified from the legislature over the controversial manner in which they took their

Scientists: Future of oldest tree species on Earth in peril

The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout

USA | Top Dems say Flynn left Mideast trip off security clearance

Former business associates of Michael Flynn have told lawmakers that he traveled to the Middle East in 2015 as part of a private proposal to build nuclear

Iraq | Court sentences Russian national to death for IS links

Baghdad’s central criminal court sentenced a Russian national to death by hanging for his membership in the Islamic State group, the court said in a statement.

Spain | Officials crank up pressure on Catalan breakaway bid

Spain’s top prosecutor is investigating more than 700 Catalan mayors for cooperating with a planned referendum on the region’s independence after the nation’s constitutional court ordered the

The name is Finn: Dog’s YouTube ‘candidacy’ is a big hit in Newfoundland

One of the candidates in for mayor in St. John’s, Newfoundland, has become a celebrity — the one with fur and four legs. It’s a 5-year-old Australian

This Day in History | 1982 – Hollywood princess dead

Princess Grace of Monaco has died of the injuries she sustained in a car crash near Monte Carlo yesterday. The Hollywood actress Grace Kelly - who

World briefs

SYRIA’s civil war has been one of the modern world’s most brutal conflicts and one of its most heavily filmed. But Syrian activists fear all that history could be

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