USA | President gives GOP leaders rallying cry, roadmap for change

President Donald Trump gave Republican congressional leaders a rallying cry and even a roadmap as they try to push through a sweeping and divisive agenda on

Trump vs facts | AP: President takes undeserved credit

President Donald Trump boasted yesterday about corporate job expansion and military cost-savings that actually took root under his predecessor and gave a one-sided account of

This Day in History | 1969 – Concorde flies for the first time

The supersonic airliner, Concorde, has made a “faultless” maiden flight. The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just

Offbeat | Austria: Nigerian women forced into sex trade through voodoo

Austrian police say they have arrested two Nigerian nationals on suspicion of forcing young women into prostitution, in part through voodoo rites. Police spokesman Johann Baumschlager says the

World briefs

BREXIT The government lead by Theresa May is expected to suffer a defeat in Parliament over the right of European Union citizens to stay in the U.K. after

Tibet women’s football team denied US travel visas

A Tibet women’s football team has been denied U.S. visas to participate in a tournament in Dallas. Cassie Childers, a coach and executive director for

USA | Trump looks to refocus his presidency in address to Congress

With his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump has an opportunity to refocus his young administration on the economic issues that helped him get elected.

Oscars 2017 | Academy apologizes for best picture gaffe

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is apologizing to the cast and crews of the films “La La Land” and “Moonlight” for the mistaken announcement

Offbeat | Drone crashes through window of 27th-floor NYC apartment

Police in New York City are looking for the owner of a drone that crashed through a window on a high-rise apartment building. NYPD officials say the

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.

Word briefs

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

World briefs

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

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