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SOUTH CHINA SEA Vietnam urged China yesterday to take responsible and constructive actions in the disputed South China Sea following a Pentagon report that highlighted Beijing’s military buildup in

The Buzz | EU Court adviser says bridge is a sport – for taxes at least

An adviser to the European Union’s top court has an official opinion about something that vexes sports fans and card players alike: is a game like bridge a

UN report | Migrants sending billions more home than in 2007

Migrants are sending home billions of dollars more than they did a decade ago — and the rate of growth in remittances is almost double the increase

UK | 12 killed, 74 injured in massive London high-rise blaze

A deadly overnight fire raced through a 24-story apartment tower in London yesterday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others. One desperate woman threw

USA | Congressional Democrats sue Trump over foreign payments

Democratic lawmakers are suing President Donald Trump over foreign money flowing into his global business empire. Almost 200 senators and representatives are plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging

Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid statue doused with paint – again

Danish police say Copenhagen’s famed Little Mermaid statue was found doused with paint early yesterday, for the second time in two weeks. Police said the bronze was

This Day in History | 1974 – Man dies in race rally clashes

A march through central London has left one person dead and many more injured as rival demonstrators clashed with police and each other. One man

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PHILIPPINES The government learned days in advance of a plan by militants aligned with the Islamic State group to lay siege to a southern city and staged an army

The Buzz | Stay thirsty: ‘Most interesting man’ now pitching tequila

“The Most Interesting Man in the World” is giving up beer for tequila. Actor Jonathan Goldsmith appeared as the sophisticated, eccentric and worldly pitchman for Dos Equis

USA | Mattis blames Congress for poor state of US combat readiness

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis blamed the inability of Congress to deliver an annual defense budget for what he called a shockingly poor state of combat readiness

Iraq | Mass food poisoning, two die at Mosul camp for displaced people

A mass food poisoning at a camp for the displaced near the northern city of Mosul killed at least two people and sickened over 700, Iraq’s health minister said yesterday, becoming

Offbeat | Man! Madrid buses move to curtail ‘manspreading’ practice

If you’re taking a bus in the Spanish capital, be sure to keep your legs to yourself. Madrid authorities this week started putting up signs banning

This Day in History | 1961 – Panda replaces zebra at road crossing

A new type of road crossing with push button controls for pedestrians is to be introduced next year. The announcement by the Ministry of Transport confirmed

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BANGLADESH Heavy rain triggered landslides that killed at least 68 people in southeast Bangladesh, officials said yesterday. Rains that began early Monday had cleared by yesterday, allowing rescuers to

UK | Hung Parliament: Queen’s speech and Brexit can wait

Senior members of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government rallied to her defense yesterday amid doubts over her ability to remain in power following a disastrous

Climate | US opts out of G7 pledge committing to Paris accord

The United States refused yesterday to sign onto a Group of Seven pledge that calls the Paris climate accord the “irreversible” global tool to address climate change.

This Day in History | 1991 – Yeltsin wins first Russian elections

The 60-year-old reformer and leader of the group Democratic Russia has inflicted a heavy defeat on the Communist Party which has ruled the country since

Offbeat | Naked truth: Models sport pithy slogans painted on bare bods 

Dozens of people have gathered in Times Square to tell the naked truth — or tell the truth naked. Brooke Champlain stood nude in one of

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JAPAN A defense official said yesterday that Japan is seeking to increase its sales of military equipment to Southeast Asian nations amid growing tensions with China and North Korea.

Greece puts faith in France to solve bailout impasse

France’s finance minister says Greece is on course to reach a crucial funding deal with bailout lenders this week. “A new crisis on the Greek issue must

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