France | Left-wing candidates take risky stance: pro-Europe 

Two men hoping to clinch the left-wing nomination for France’s presidential race are pursuing a risky strategy: They want to save the much- maligned European Union.

US | Republicans primed for push to dismantle Obama’s policies 

Members of the 115th Congress were sworn in yesterday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of

Germany | Interior minister proposes domestic security shake-up

Germany’s interior minister is proposing a security shake-up that could include creating “federal departure centers” to ease the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers and centralizing the country’s

This Day in History | 1958 – Explorer Hillary arrives at South Pole

Sir Edmund Hillary has reached the South Pole - the first overland explorer to do so since Captain Robert F Scott’s expedition in 1912. The

Offbeat | Twins delivered minutes apart have different birth years

Twins delivered 10 minutes apart at an Arizona hospital over the New Year’s weekend have different birth years. Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reported that parents Holly

The Buzz | Annotated version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ a hit in Germany

An annotated edition of “Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s notorious manifesto, has become a non-fiction best-seller in Germany. News agency dpa reported yesterday that 85,000 copies of the book

World briefs

CHINA has started an overhaul of its salt industry, easing a monopoly that has existed in some form for more than 2,000 years and predates the Great Wall. 

Terrorism | IS claims New Year’s attack on Istanbul nightclub 

The Islamic State group yesterday claimed responsibility for the New Year's attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. The IS-linked Aamaq

Yemen’s children starve as war drags on

As the first light of dawn trickles in through the hospital window, 19-year-old Mohammed Ali learns that his two-year-old cousin has died of hunger. But he has to remain

World’s highest-paid expats toil in land of fondue and watches

It pays to be an expatriate in Switzerland. Expats living in the home of UBS Group AG, drug maker Novartis AG and commodity trader Glencore Plc earn an average

Brazil | At least 60 inmates killed in prison riot

Brazilian state authorities say at least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern state of Amazonas. State public security secretary Sergio Fontes says it's the

This Day in History | 1980 – Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion

The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, has made his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week. Speaking in Kabul, Karmal told foreign journalists that Soviet

The Buzz | Crocodile bites French tourist posing for photo at Thai park

A French tourist who tried to have her picture taken with a crocodile in Thailand was injured when the reptile snapped at her when she got too close. The woman, who

World briefs

CHINA says it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017 in a move designed to curb the mass slaughter

Syrian government, rebels sign cease-fire deal, says Russia

Russia’s president and the Syrian army said yesterday that a nation-wide cease-fire agreement has been reached with opposition rebels, set to begin at midnight. The deal was

Trump signals shift from Obama’s focus on multilateralism

Donald Trump For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the

This Day in History | 1999 – Putin takes over as Yeltsin resigns

Boris Yeltsin has resigned as Russian president, taking the country and the rest of the world completely by surprise. Mr Yeltsin made the shock announcement

World briefs

CHINA Three knife-wielding assailants attacked staff at a Communist Party office in China’s far western region of Xinjiang and set off an explosive device, killing two and injuring

Groups seek New York constitutional right to clean air, water 

Environmental and public policy groups in New York are calling for a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee residents a right to clean air and water.

Growing number of Americans are retiring outside the US 

Newly widowed, Kay McCowen quit her job, sold her house, applied for Social Security and retired to Mexico. It was a move she and her husband, Mel, had discussed

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