Offbeat | Professional runner outruns 2 bears while training in woods

A professional runner from Kenya who was out training on a nature trail in the woods near his home in Maine says he encountered two charging black bears

This Day in History | 1943 – Western Allies invade Sicily

The armed forces of Britain, the United States and Canada have landed on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. It is the first major landing of British

World briefs

IRAQ Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated with Iraqi troops yesterday in Mosul after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month campaign,

The Buzz | Poland starts evacuating 10,000 people after WWII bomb found

Polish officials say they have started evacuating about 10,000 people in eastern Poland after a huge World War II bomb was recently found during road works. Buses

Trump chides Russia, but doesn’t condemn election meddling 

On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump vowed yesterday to confront “new forms of aggression” targeting the West and

G-20 | Helicopters hover over Hamburg as city braces for protests

Helicopters and armored vehicles patrolled the streets of Hamburg, as Germany’s  second- largest city braced for hardening protests with the arrival of world leaders, including U.S. President

Branson aims mid-2018 space trip as Virgin resumes powered tests

More than 2 1/2 years after the fatal breakup of Virgin Galactic’s experimental rocket plane, Richard Branson is poised to revive powered test flights as the

Offbeat | Angola slowly opens to conservationists after long civil war 

Hippos, malaria and capsized canoes were among the hazards for National Geographic researchers paddling along an Angolan river that had been barely studied. On a separate

This Day in History | 1985 – Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17

A West German teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Boris Becker, a 17-year-old unseeded outsider before the tournament began,

World briefs

GERMANY Hamburg police braced themselves yesterday for a major protest by anti-globalization activists as Germany’s second-biggest city started welcoming leaders of the leading Group of 20 industrial and

Briefs | Italy to nationalize bank

In a bid to end years of struggles, the Italian government is taking control of bank Monte dei Paschi under a relaunch plan agreed by European officials that

Venezuela | Cop behind helicopter heist reappears in video

A new video has emerged of the Venezuelan policeman who allegedly stole a helicopter and then fired on two government buildings. In the 5-minute video published late Tuesday,

Officials from Arab countries isolating Qatar meet in Cairo

Foreign ministers from four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its alleged support for extremist groups met yesterday in the Egyptian capital, just hours after

This Day in History | 1997 – Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet

Nasa scientists have freed a robot from the space probe Mars Pathfinder, allowing it to begin its exploration of the Red Planet at last. The rover,

Messi to extend contract with Barcelona until 2021

Lionel Messi will play out the best remaining years of his trophy-rich career at Barcelona. The Spanish club said yesterday that Messi had agreed a

World briefs

QATAR Foreign ministers from four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its alleged support for extremist groups met yesterday in the Egyptian capital, just hours after they

The Buzz | Emirates, Turkish Airlines off US laptop ban list

Emirates and Turkish Airways said yesterday they have also been exempted from a U.S. ban on laptops in airplane cabins, joining Etihad in satisfying American security concerns that

Made in Macao | High School Horror: red shoes in the washroom

After my Macao Ghost Tour article a couple of months ago, I received enquires about what other ghost stories there are in Macao. People seem to be intrigued

North Korea claims its first successful launch of an ICBM

North Korea said yesterday it successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim that brings the isolated state closer to its aim of building a device capable

Syria | US-backed forces breach wall around IS-held Raqqa

U.S.-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall around Raqqa’s Old City, the U.S. military said yesterday, marking a major advance in the weeks- old battle

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