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JAPAN Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan's government is drawing up contingency plans in case a crisis on the Korean Peninsula sends an influx of refugees to Japan.

The Buzz | The National newspaper of Abu Dhabi sees layoffs after sale

A state-backed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates that was bought by an Emirati who oversees the English soccer club Manchester City is undergoing layoffs. Those with knowledge of

Film | ‘Fast and the Furious’ on road to record global debut

The eighth installment in the "Fast and the Furious" is on the path to becoming the biggest worldwide debut of all time, besting both "Star Wars: The

Syria | Trump seems to rule out deeper US intervention

President Donald Trump is appearing to rule out deeper American military intervention in Syria beyond retaliatory strikes if Syrian President Bashar Assad continues his assault on

US senator blasts Russia for interference in Balkans

U.S. Senator John McCain congratulated Montenegro on Wednesday for its upcoming NATO membership and blasted Russia for its alleged attempts to interfere in the Balkans and more

This Day in History | 1997 – Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21

The 21-year-old golfing sensation Eldrick “Tiger” Woods has become the youngest-ever player to win the US Masters Championships. He put in a virtuoso performance that

Offbeat | ‘Britain’ banned in Slovakia; call it UK or face fine

Great Britain doesn’t exist in Slovakia. There’s an institution with a power to issue fines of up to 6,600 euros (USD7,000) for those who would disagree. The

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CHINA-INDIA China lashed out at India for hosting the Dalai Lama near their disputed border, warning yesterday that the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visit has touched on the political

David Letterman’s mom, who became unlikely star, dies at 95

David Letterman’s mother Dorothy Mengering, a Midwestern homemaker who became an unlikely celebrity in her 70s as she baked mystery pies and covered the Olympics for her son’s late-night

Pulitzer | Prizes Whitehead wins fiction, Chinese composer takes music award

Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

G-7 ministers appeal to Russia on Syria but reject sanctions

The Group of Seven industrialized nations yesterday urged Russia to pressure the Syrian government to end the six-year civil war, but rejected a British call to impose new

Offbeat | Children’s Easter egg hunt nixed because of unruly parents

A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company says it has canceled this year’s Easter egg hunt for children because of “unruly” parents in past years. The Norco Fire Company in

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CHINA-US President Donald Trump says he tried to persuade China’s leader last week to pressure North Korea to stop its nuclear program in exchange for a good trade

The Buzz | Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter

Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said yersterday that they will not hold Easter celebrations next Saturday in mourning for 45 Coptic Christians killed this week

United passenger’s removal sparks outrage in China

Images of a bloodied man being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago drew widespread condemnation in China, where state media fueled the public’s

G-7 ministers aim to press Russia to stop backing Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations were gathering in Italy yesterday for a meeting given urgency by the chemical attack in Syria and the

UN refugee agency urges EU not to return migrants to Hungary

The U.N. refugee agency yesterday took the rare step of urging European Union members to suspend returns of asylum-seekers to their partner, Hungary, faulting its new policy

Offbeat | Riga mayor talks about potholes, interrupted by cat

The mayor of Latvia’s capital, Riga, was talking about the city’s efforts to fix potholes during his weekly online question-and-answer show when he got interrupted ...

This Day in History | 1957 – Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule

The British government is to allow the island colony of Singapore to govern itself under a new constitution agreed in London. The Singapore Constitutional

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SYRIA U.S. Senator John McCain has accused Russia of having cooperated with Syria in a chemical weapons attack that has killed more than 80 people, including more than

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