This Day in History | 1990 – Secrets act gags whistleblowers

Whistleblowers and journalists risk prosecution from today if they disclose information the British government considers to be damaging to defence or the country’s interests abroad.

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SOUTH KOREA prosecutors are to indict Samsung’s de facto chief on bribery, embezzlement and other charges linked to a political scandal that has toppled President Park Geun-hye. The indictment

Oscars Special | ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture at botched Academy Awards

Oscar winner, take two. Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” — not, as it turned out, “La La Land” — won best picture at the Academy Awards in

The Buzz | Cambodian official urges emulating Trump’s position on press

A senior Cambodia government official says President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media are an inspiration to his own country to observe limits on freedom of expression.

Africa | Drought, hunger push Somalis to flee amid fears of famine

Her eyes glued to the feeble movements of her malnourished baby with protruding ribs and sunken eyes, Fadumo Abdi Ibrahim struggled to hold back her

This Day in History | 1986 – Swedish prime minister assassinated

The Swedish prime minister has died after being shot in a street ambush in central Stockholm. His wife was wounded. Olof and Lisbeth Palme were attacked

Offbeat | Russian bandy teams face punishment after 20 own-goals

Two clubs in the winter sport of bandy raced to put the ball into their own nets 20 times on Sunday and now face disciplinary action. The Russian

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NORTH KOREA executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that “enraged” leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency says.

Australia, Indonesia agree to restore full military ties

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to restore full military cooperation at a meeting between the two leaders in Sydney yesterday.

Swedes puzzle over Fox News’ Swedish ‘security advisor’

A trans-Atlantic wave of puzzlement is rippling across Sweden for the second time in a week, after a prominent Fox News program featured a “Swedish defense and national security advisor” who’s

Protests erupt after Kyrgyzstan arrests opposition leader

Hundreds of people protested yesterday in Kyrgyzstan after authorities detained a prominent opposition leader on fraud and corruption charges that his supporters say are politically motivated. Omurbek Tekebayev

EU lawmakers, in unusual move, pull the plug on racist talk

With the specter of populism looming over a critical election year in Europe, the European Parliament has taken an unusual step to crack down on racism and hate speech

Russia Opposition figure freed; vows fight for human rights

A convicted Russian opposition activist who says he was tortured in prison was freed yesterday and has vowed to keep up the fight for human rights

This Day in History | 1963 – Argoud charged over de Gaulle plot

Antoine Argoud, President De Gaulle’s arch enemy and a former colonel in the French Army, has been charged with an assassination attempt on the president two

Offbeat | Thorny skate will not be added to endangered species list

The thorny skate’s population may have declined, but not by enough to justify listing it under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. federal government has ruled. Environmental

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GERMANY Authorities say a man who drove into a group of pedestrians in the German city of Heidelberg, fatally injuring one man, is being held on suspicion of

The Buzz | Politician: officials should have sex in lunchbreak

A politician in northern Sweden wants to list sex as an officially approved activity for civil servants during their daily paid lunchbreak. Per-Erik Muskos of the city

In Kuwait, ‘too many foreigners’ becomes a frequent refrain

Kuwait’s first new government hospital in more than three decades will soon open its doors — but only to Kuwaiti citizens. It’s the latest in

Islamic State | US-backed Iraqi forces enter Mosul airport, military base

Backed by the U.S.-led international coalition, Iraqi forces fought their way yesterday into a sprawling military base outside of Mosul and onto the grounds of the

Russia | American musician makes mics using Kalashnikov machinery

Claims of hacking by the Russian state may be feeding international tensions, but they’ve given Californian musician David Brown a great icebreaker when selling his line of Russian-made microphones.

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