Nature – Analysis | The only winners in Volkswagen’s diesel mess are drivers

Jeremy Malczyk’s 2012 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen is no prize. It has 70,000 hard miles on it, and the interior has been finely detailed by his two young children: beige leather

Olympics will showcase Brazil’s diversity and tensions

Rafaela Silva hoped to get an Olympic gold medal four years ago in London. Instead she got racial abuse. Disqualified in her Olympic judo match and eliminated from the chance

US – Democratic convention | Obama passes baton to Clinton, imploring nation to elect her

Hours of testimonials, urgent pleas and persuasion have led to this. Now, it’s time to hear from Hillary Clinton. The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state today

This Day in History | 1981 – Charles and Diana marry

The couple were married at St Paul’s Cathedral before an invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated global TV audience of 750 million - making it the most popular program

The Buzz | Pope misses step, falls down before Mass in Poland

Pope Francis missed a step and fell to the ground as he was coming to an open-air altar to celebrate Mass at Poland’s holiest shrine of Jasna Gora. In a dramatic

Health | To reverse damage of sitting, take a brisk, hour-long walk

If you spend all day sitting, then you might want to schedule some time for a brisk walk — just make sure you can spare at least an hour. Scientists analyzing

World briefs

JAPAN The former employee accused of killing 19 disabled people and injuring others at a care home in Japan moved briskly and methodically inside buildings and rooms he knew, finishing

Poland | Pope Francis: The world’s at war, but not a war of religions

The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said yesterday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern

Syria | IS says it’s behind attack that killed 44

A twin bombing struck a crowd in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria yesterday, killing 44 people and wounding dozens more, Syria’s state-run news agency and Kurdish media reported.

German bomber may have detonated inadvertently

Bavaria’s top security official says it’s unclear whether the man who blew himself up at a bar in the town of Ansbach meant to detonate it at the moment he

This Day in History | 2000 Last prisoners leave the Maze

Nearly 80 men imprisoned for terrorist offences have been freed from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. The release of the 52 republican and 26 loyalist paramilitaries from the County Antrim

Offbeat | US Marine Corps horse honored for Korean War valor

A U.S. Marine Corps horse who served during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Korean War has been posthumously decorated for bravery. Sgt. Reckless was awarded the Dickin Medal during

The Buzz | Norway mulls giving mountain peak to Finland

Norway is considering moving a mountain — or at least its peak — to neighboring Finland. Anne Nordskog, a spokeswoman for Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, said yesterday the government is

Hong Kong Book Fair draws record number of over 1 million visitors

The 27th Hong Kong Book Fair ended on Tuesday, after drawing a record attendance of close to 1.02 million visitors, according to a statement from the Hong Kong Trade Development

World Briefs

CHINA Shares plunged yesterday, with a gauge of smaller companies sinking 5.5 percent, as people familiar with the matter said the China Banking Regulatory Commission is discussing stricter curbs on

U.S. can’t blame Russia as easily as North Korea in latest hack

When President Barack Obama blamed North Korea in December 2014 for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, he had little to lose. The stakes are higher with Russia, as speculation swirls that

2 attackers, 1 hostage killed in Normandy church

Two attackers seized hostages yesterday in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing one hostage by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, a French

This Day in History | 1996 Bomb rocks Atlanta Olympics

A bomb has exploded at a crowded concert in Atlanta, Georgia, the city hosting this year’s Olympic Games. Two people are reported to have been killed and firefighting officials say as

Offbeat | Monk gets prison for stealing from temple to gamble

A Buddhist monk was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling more than USD260,000 from the Louisiana temple he led and gambling most of the

The Buzz | Film company guilty in ‘Star Wars’ accident that broke leg

A film production company yesterday admitted health and safety breaches over an accident on the set of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” that broke the leg of star Harrison Ford. The

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