Want to mark a revolution? Kremlin says you can count it out

For Alexis Rodzianko, it’s a date that sometimes makes him the target of hostility from Russians who revile what his great-grandfather did to the czar. For

HK losing sheen makes Cathay business model obsolete

Being known as Hong Kong’s flagship carrier may best represent what’s wrong with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. The city of about 7.3 million people may no

The Netherlands | PM Rutte claims win over ‘wrong kind of populism’

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year’s first litmus test for

Chile | Tompkins Conservation donates huge national parks

Tompkins Conservation signed an agreement with Chile’s government yesterday to donate 1 million acres for new national parks in the largest private donation of its kind for the South

This Day in History | English actress Vanessa Redgrave at a rally against the Vietnam War in Trafalgar Square 1968 Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent

  More than 200 people have been arrested after thousands of demonstrators clashed in an anti-Vietnam war protest outside the United States embassy in London.

Offbeat | German dog-walker has close call with coconut cannon

A dog walker in Berlin can be thankful he turned out to be a fruitless target after his close call with a coconut cannon. The man was walking

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FRANCE A letter exploded yesterday at the French office of the International Monetary Fund, lightly injuring one person, amid heightened security around Europe after a string of deadly

Mexico Official says 250 skulls found in clandestine graves

More than 250 skulls have been found over the last several months in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of

The Netherlands | Dutch voting in election seen as barometer of populism

Prime Minister Mark Rutte and anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders cast yesterday’s Dutch parliamentary elections as a litmus test for populism in Europe, only months ahead of crucial votes

Hackers hijack Twitter accounts over Turkish diplomatic feud

Twitter says it has revoked access to block “a third-party app” apparently used to hack a number of accounts to broadcast pro-Turkish messages. It’s not clear how many accounts

This Day in History | 2001 – Teenage woman guilty of rape

An 18-year-old woman has been convicted of rape after she pinned down a victim during a horrific gang sex attack. Claire Marsh is thought

Offbeat | Alaska residents warned to give grumpy moose their space

Alaska wildlife officials warned people to keep their distance from grumpy moose after two close calls this past weekend. One of the animals walked up behind

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SYRIA Suicide bombers hit the main judicial building and a restaurant in Damascus yesterday, killing at least 30 people, according to state media, spreading fear across Syria’s

Bottom Line | Trump earned USD153m and paid 36.5m in taxes in 2005

President Donald Trump earned USD153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a

UK Parliament gives government power to begin EU exit 

B ritain lurched closer to leaving the European Union yesterday when Parliament stopped resisting and gave Prime Minister Theresa May the power to file for

Netherlands | Election rivals clash in TV debate

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his main rival at national elections, the far-fight populist Geert Wilders clashed Monday in their only nationally televised face-to-face debate ahead

In Mosul, a heavy but not crushing blow to IS group

Iraqi troops have surrounded western Mosul and military leaders vow it’s only a matter of time until they crush the last major stand of the Islamic State group

This Day in History | 1981 – Pakistani jet hostages released

The passengers and crew of a Pakistan Airways plane held hostage for nearly two weeks have been released in Syria. They were freed after the

Offbeat | Goodyear retires blimps but keeps familiar form in flight

Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue. About two dozen

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PAKISTAN vowed yesterday to work to prevent non-nuclear states from gaining the technology that would put them on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons — even though

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