The Buzz | Veteran cinematographer elected film academy president

Cinematographer John Bailey is the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The organization’s board of governors elected Bailey to a one-year term

Atlantic City | Casinos embrace eSports even as they work to understand it

Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to

Briefs | Venezuela: Court orders protest-zone mayor jailed

Venezuela’s pro-government supreme court has ordered the removal and imprisonment of a Caracas area mayor at the center of protests against President Nicolas Maduro. The court has sentenced

Kenyans choose next president in fiercely contested vote

From the Indian Ocean coast to Rift Valley towns to Nairobi’s slums, Kenyans turned out in large numbers to vote yesterday in an election pitting President

Offbeat | Sinead O’Connor pleads for help, says she’s living in motel

Sinead O’Connor has emotionally pleaded for help and opened up about her struggles with mental illness in a rambling Facebook video. The 50-year-old Irish singer says in

This Day in History | 1999 – Kennedy wins Lib Dem leadership

Charles Kennedy has won the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as leader of the Liberal Democrats. Mr Kennedy, who was the party’s rural affairs spokesman, won

World briefs

MALAYSIA’s government yesterday launched an inquiry into massive foreign exchange losses by the central bank more than two decades ago, in a probe that could lead to criminal

The Buzz | Life-saving drones used to rescue swimmers off French coast

It could be the “Baywatch” of the future. A cutting-edge lifesaving initiative — the rescue drone — is taking flight again this summer off France’s popular Atlantic

Taiwanese teen-star | Ou-yang Nana swings from Jackie Chan role to Disney album

Ou-yang Nana may be the new ‘it girl,’ with a starring role in the next Jackie Chan movie, but she’s returning to her roots and first love:

Ex-war crimes prosecutor quits panel probing Syria abuses

Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte says she is resigning from the U.N.’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable

Middle East | Jordan king in rare West Bank trip seen as message to Israel

Jordan's king flew by helicopter to the West Bank yesterday — a rare visit seen as a signal to Israel that he is closing ranks with

France | Eiffel Tower suspect says he was in touch with IS member

A young French man who recently was discharged from a psychiatric hospital is under investigation for an attempted terrorist attack after he brandished a knife and tried to

Offbeat | Oh baby! Woman gives birth at German techno festival

A woman has given birth to a baby girl at a techno festival in Germany. Public broadcaster SWR reports that the 20-year-old was unaware she was pregnant

This Day in History | 2001 – Hollywood’s ‘golden couple’ divorce

The final decree came just hours after Kidman and Cruise separately attended the première of their new film, The Others. Both were reluctant to

World briefs

CHINA-VIETNAM Foreign Minister Wang Yi canceled a scheduled one-on-one meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart in Manila at the last minute yesterday due to a spat over the

The Buzz | Trump: My base is stronger than ever, despite 2020 rumblings

President Donald Trump is insisting his support is stronger than ever, despite a report that some Republicans are weighing a 2020 presidential run without him. In a

Taylor Swift expected to testify in groping case in Denver

A few moments at a backstage photo session four years ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift and a former disc

France rethinks romance with Macron as his popularity sinks

Emmanuel Macron’s honeymoon didn’t last long. Less than three months after his election, France’s energetic and image-conscious president has seen his popularity drop after announcing budget

Venezuela official: Military quashes attack at base

Ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said Venezuelan troops quashed a “terrorist” attack at a military base yesterday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in

Israel | Netanyahu’s former aide to testify against him in graft case

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former chief of staff and onetime close confidant has agreed to testify in two ongoing corruption cases against him, Israeli police said

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