India-US | Modi meets Trump with his usual greeting – bear hugs

President Donald Trump should have been ready as he met with India’s prime minister, an unabashed hugger. Smiling widely at a news conference yesterday during a visit

US | Utah wildfire grows as two powerful California blazes spread

The nation’s largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a southern Utah mountain area home to a ski town

Middle East | Syria denies Washington allegations of coming chemical attack

The Syrian government yesterday dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run

Offbeat | 20-pound live lobster found in luggage at Boston airport

The Transportation Security Administration says a 20-pound (9-kilogram) live lobster has been spotted in a passenger’s luggage at Boston’s Logan International Airport. TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy

This Day in History | 2004 – US transfers power back to Iraq

The United States has handed power back to the Iraqi people at a low-key ceremony in Baghdad. US administrator Paul Bremer transferred sovereignty to an Iraqi judge at

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SYRIA The Pentagon yesterday said it detected “active preparations” by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House statement hours earlier that the Syrian government

The Buzz | Merkel ally becomes governor of most populous German state

A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has been elected governor of Germany’s most populous state following an election last month that produced an unexpected center-right

Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’ pulled off China site after two days

Days after Netflix Inc. made its China debut via a content licensing deal with the country’s biggest streaming service iQiyi, one of its original comedy series was

South Africa | Rhino breeder plans online auction of horn

A rhino breeder in South Africa is planning an online auction of rhino horn, capitalizing on a court ruling that opened the way to domestic

South Sudan | Press censored, reporters restricted in civil war

As South Sudan’s civil war creates the world’s largest refugee crisis and widespread allegations of sexual and ethnic violence, the government is clamping down on

Offbeat | Top dog, Brynneth Pawltro, elected mayor of Kentucky town 

Being mayor is a ruff job but somebody has to do it. According to WDRB-TV, a small Kentucky town has, for the fourth time, elected a

This Day in History | 1963 – Warm welcome for JFK in Ireland

The US President John F Kennedy has received a rapturous welcome on an emotional visit to his ancestral homeland in County Wexford, Ireland. On the second day of

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USA The Supreme Court is letting a limited version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries take effect, a victory for Trump in

The Buzz | Trump to welcome India’s Narendra Modi to White House

President Donald Trump meets today for the first time with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Their meeting comes amid uncertainty over the relationship because of differences

UK Northern Ireland party signs deals to support Conservative gov’t

The leader of a Northern Ireland-based party struck a 1.5 billion pound (USD1.9 billion) deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives yesterday to support her

War and waste: Cautionary tales as US ponders Afghan boost

One shirt, one pair of pants. Those are the basics for outfitting an Afghan soldier. But in that simple uniform combination are the threads of two

Mozambique | Debt probe sees USD500 million in unexplained loans

Mozambican state companies have failed to account for about a quarter of the proceeds of USD2 billion in loans being investigated, according to a report by

Offbeat | Al Capone song, pocket watch fetch over USD100K at auction 

Artifacts connected to some of the nation’s most notorious gangsters sold for more than USD100,000 at auction Saturday. A diamond pocket watch that belonged to Al Capone

This Day in History | 1986 – Branson on course for Blue Riband

Entrepreneur Richard Branson has set off on his second attempt to claim the transatlantic crossing record for Britain. Mr Branson and his team left New York

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CHINA’s foreign minister says Beijing will hold a dialogue with Afghanistan and Pakistan to help improve relations between the two South Asian neighbors. Wang Yi said during

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