This Day in History | 1984 – Moscow pulls out of US Olympics

Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR has announced it is boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern Bloc will

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CHINA-US The sister of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green

Nigeria | 82 freed Chibok school-girls arrive in Abuja

Five Boko Haram commanders have been released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, says a Nigerian government official. The confirmation of the prisoner swap yesterday comes

France elects President Sunday | Le Pen and Macron clash in no holds-barred TV debate

The only face-to-face televised debate between France’s presidential candidates turned into an uncivil, no-holds- barred head-on clash of styles, politics and personalities yesterday . Emmanuel Macron called his far-right

This Day in History | 1980 – SAS rescue ends Iran embassy siege

The siege of the Iranian embassy in London has ended after a dramatic raid by SAS commandos. Five Iranian gunmen were killed and one was

Offbeat | What are the odds? Two caught trying to steal statistics exam

Call it a statistical error: Police say two University of Kentucky students crawled through an air duct to steal a statistics exam from their professor’s office but were

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CHINA-N.KOREA North Korea has issued a rare direct criticism of China through a commentary saying its “reckless remarks” on the North’s nuclear program are testing its patience and

Britain’s Prince Philip, 95, to retire from royal duties

Prince Philip, the consort known for his constant support of his wife Queen Elizabeth II as well as for his occasional gaffes, will retire from royal

The Buzz | Trump to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia, Vatican, meet the pope

President Donald Trump says his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican, where he will meet with Pope Francis. Then

Labor | With visas tight, US resorts struggle to find seasonal help

Innkeepers, restaurateurs and landscapers around the U.S. say they are struggling to find seasonal help and turning down business in some cases because the government

USA – May Day | Dozens arrested as marches turn violent in Northwest

May Day protests turned violent in the Pacific Northwest as demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, threw smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at police while elsewhere thousands of people

France | Plagiarism or a ‘wink’? Le Pen’s copied speech targets right

Marine Le Pen deliberately plagiarized verbatim parts of an address from a former presidential candidate, as a “wink” to him and the voters she hopes to peel away

This Day in History | 1990 Latvia to declare independence

Members of the new parliament of the Soviet republic of Latvia have met to discuss independence from Moscow. Leaders of the Latvian Popular Front are confident they

Offbeat | Court rejects German woman’s demand for hotel to ID lover

A court in Munich has rejected a woman’s legal bid to obtain the name of a man she spent three nights in a hotel with seven years ago.

The Buzz | Box office top 20: ‘Furious’ takes a victory lap

Before the arrival of “Guardians and the Galaxy Vol. 2,” ‘’The Fate of the Furious” took one more victory lap at the North American box office, leading all

The global growth hotspots of the future are here

If you want to be at the epicenter of global growth in the next few decades, you could do worse than relocate to somewhere like Kigali,

Parents of missing UK girl still hopeful she’s ‘out there’ 

The parents of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old British girl who vanished during a family vacation to Portugal in 2007, say they are still hopeful they will one day be

FIFA scandal spreads as Asia official admits taking bribes

The first Asian football official to be convicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, a member of a committee that oversaw ethics compliance, told a U.S. judge he

Pope’s timely Egypt visit comforts grief-stricken Christians 

Pope Francis wrapped up a brief but deeply symbolic visit to Egypt on Saturday with an open-air Mass for the country’s tiny Catholic community, defying security concerns to show

At 100 days in, Trump seems both outsider and insider 

President Donald Trump is turning from his dramatic debut as an outsider president to focus on advancing his plans to cut taxes and get tough on trade

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