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AUSTRALIA  The ship involved in the recently halted hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 returned to port in western Australia yesterday, where officials from the countries that

Women’s marches flood cities worldwide

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in cities across the U.S. and around the world on Saturday for massive protests a day after President Donald Trump’s

FACT CHECK | Trump’s address echoed familiar, dubious themes

Donald Trump’s inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the

May to discuss trade, NATO in White House

Gregory Katz British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday she plans to discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO military alliance when she becomes the first foreign

This Day in History | 1973 – Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal

The US president, Richard Nixon, has appeared on national television to announce “peace with honor” in Vietnam. Statements issued simultaneously in Washington and Hanoi confirmed

Offbeat | london traffic delays cost usd6.8b a year, panel says

Traffic delays cost London 5.5 billion pounds (USD6.8 billion) a year, a panel of city legislators said, recommending sweeping changes to the capital’s congestion charging program. London Mayor

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CHINA Authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of 12 people killed inside a hotel overrun by a landslide. State media reported yesterday that rescuers were able to pull out

The Buzz | Crew enters Hawaii dome for 8-month Mars study

Six carefully selected scientists have entered a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up

Nature | Climate change may reduce some US grain harvests by half

Some of the most important U.S. crops, from wheat to soybeans, are at risk of substantial damage from climate change. Higher temperatures may cut the wheat harvest by

30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buried hotel

An avalanche buried a four-star spa hotel in a mountainous earthquake-hit region of central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing, authorities said yesterday. The civil

Briefs | Gambia president refuses to step down

Gambia’s president-elect says he will be sworn in to office at the Gambian embassy in neighboring Senegal, as his country’s political crisis continues. Barrow won the December election, but

Inaugural things to watch: The speech, the dress and more 

From a morning stop at church through the swearing-in to the last dance of the evening, it’s going to be an inaugural marathon today. Donald Trump will take

Collapse of Tehran high-rise on fire kills 30 firefighters

A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed yesterday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported. The disaster struck

This Day in History | 1958 Explorers meet at South Pole

Members of the team attempting the first surface crossing of the Antarctic have joined up at the South Pole. New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary - who has

Offbeat | Raccoons recover at california zoo after cross-country ride

Baby raccoons that inadvertently hitched a cross-country ride to Northern California are recovering at the Oakland Zoo. Animal care authorities said this week that in September

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ITALY Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy yesterday, reporting no signs of life as they searched for

The Buzz | New clash erupts at Brazil prison where 26 killed

Inmates threw rocks at each other and set up barriers yesterday inside a Brazilian penitentiary where 26 prisoners were recently killed in confrontations. Live images on Globo

US | Rules for pot in public fire up debate in Denver

Denver started work yesterday on becoming the first city in the U.S. to allow marijuana clubs and public pot use in places such

Climate change | Global warming could steal postcard-perfect weather days

Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On

USA | Obama shortens Manning’s term, grants clemency to hundreds

President Barack Obama granted clemency to Chelsea Manning yesterday , allowing the transgender Army intelligence officer convicted of leaking more than 700,000 U.S. documents to go

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