Historic solar flight marks first round-the-world journey

The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history yesterday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic

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CHINA Nine people were killed and two others injured after two SUVs collided in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, according to government sources. The collision happened on a highway in Fuyuan

Dems’ division, emails roil party on Day 1 of convention

Democrats who gleefully jeered Republican divisions last week awoke to a political mess of their own making yesterday as party unity behind Hillary Clinton proved much harder to secure. Gathering for

Peace in peril as South Sudan violence spurs split in opposition

A peace pact to end more than two years of civil war in oil-producing South Sudan is in jeopardy as one faction of the armed opposition moves to replace Vice

Brazil police arrest last suspect in Olympics terror case

Brazilian police say they have arrested the last suspect who was sought in the case of a group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State on social media and shared

This Day in History | 1945 – Churchill loses general election

Clement Attlee has been elected Britain’s new prime minister after Labour won a sweeping victory in the general election. The outgoing prime minister and great wartime leader Winston Churchill tendered his

Offbeat | Hemingway (no relation) wins look-alike contest in Key West

For the first time in its 36-year history, a Hemingway has won a competition seeking the man who most looks like literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Dave Hemingway was named the winner

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CHINA The International Champions Cup match between Premier League rivals Manchester United and Manchester City has been canceled after recent extreme weather made the playing surface at Beijing’s National Stadium

The Buzz | US Embassy in Myanmar apologizes after tear gas accident

The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar issued a public apology yesterday after a tear gas grenade accidentally exploded during a security exercise, sending fumes out onto the street and sparking rumors

Turkey seizes over 2,250 institutions in post-coup crackdown

In a new tactic against suspected coup plotters, Turkey on Saturday announced it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claims pose a threat

Bavarian official says military aid needed in time of crisis

Bavaria’s top security official yesterday urged a constitutional change to allow the country’s military to be able to be deployed in support of police during attacks like Friday night’s deadly

This Day in History | 1992 – World unites at Barcelona Olympics

It is the first Olympiad since 1972 that no country has boycotted the Games, and several long-standing bans have been lifted. A record 169 nations took part in the opening parade

The Buzz | Fans in Vegas miss Olympic hoops exhibition due to glitch

Thousands of fans expecting to see the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team play against Argentina inside a Las Vegas arena were left outside because of a ticketing snafu. Box office staff

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CHINA Provincial authorities in northern China say they have suspended four local officials for inadequately responding to floods over the past week that killed 114 people and left 111 others

Nature | Millions of orchids grow on former mine site in upstate NY

Millions of orchids are now growing in a hundred-acre wetland in the Adirondack Park that developed on waste from a vast open-pit iron mine, a transformation scientists say is most

Libya unity government denounces French military involvement

The U.N.-brokered government in Libya denounced France’s military involvement in the country, shortly after the French acknowledged that their special forces were operating in the war- wrecked North African nation. France yesterday

US treasury chief backs Greece debt relief

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew stressed yesterday the importance of making Greece’s debt sustainable, praising the country’s progress in reforming its economy as part of its bailouts but urging it

Turkish premier says powers to be used swiftly

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the state of emergency will be used to act swiftly against the perpetrators of the coup. Simsek insisted that the state of emergency would

This Day in History | 2003 Saddam’s sons killed in gun battle

The United States says the two sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, have been killed by US troops in Iraq. The bodies of the two men were identified after 200

Offbeat | Miniature wall appears around Trump’s Hollywood star

On the day Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a miniature wall appeared around the former reality TV host’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tourists stopped Tuesday

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