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Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that governing the church wasn’t his strong suit but says he doesn’t see his papacy as a failure and that he succeeded at least
New York City is placing 50,000 oysters in Jamaica Bay — on beds made with the porcelain from 5,000 recycled toilets. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Environmental Protection
ASEAN President Barack Obama puts the long-simmering dispute in the South China Sea front and center on the agenda at an ASEAN summit as it becomes clear that most of
Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday strongly defended her government’s handling of the flood of migrants that crossed into Germany last year, but conceded that more still needs to be done and
The leaders of Poland and Hungary praised each others’ economic nationalism and Euroscepticism while calling for “revolutionary” changes in the European Union. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who won the Person
Brazilian researchers said they have concluded that the common Culex mosquito is not transmitting Zika, the rapidly spreading virus that has been linked to severe birth defects. Rio de Janeiro’s Fiocruz
Iran’s president yesterday called on the Muslim world to “punish” Saudi Arabia following last year’s hajj crush and stampede that killed over 2,400 people — sharp criticism as multitudes poured
A man accused of pelting his former neighbor’s Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over a year has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined USD1,000. A
Hundreds of people have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to the election. Villages have been set on fire and bridges and offices have been burnt amid
ASEAN A summit of Southeast Asian countries issued a mild rebuke of China yesterday over its expansionist activities in the disputed South China Sea, and indirectly urged it to show
The 6,148 whiskey shots perched atop glasses of energy drink waited for the push that might send them tumbling into the record books — just another night in Dubai, and
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric is revving up the kingdom’s rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published yesterday that Tehran’s leaders are “not Muslims,” in response to rancorous remarks from Iran’s
The Egyptian Army has forced Prime Minister Aly Maher out of office, following a bloodless coup six weeks ago. Mr Maher has been slow to carry out social and land reforms
Some Mississippi inmates were picking peas in a garden when they got a call to clean up money scattered along a roadside. It seemed too good to be true — and
CHINA In response to the success of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong’s legislative elections, China has warned that anyone advocating for the territory’s independence could be punished. China reiterated that
An Emirates jet crashed last month after trying to land too far down the runway in a strong tailwind and failing in a bid to take off again when the
The 19-country eurozone lost some economic momentum in August, largely because of a slowdown in Germany, a closely watched survey showed yesterday, days ahead of another possible stimulus package from
At least 48 people were killed in a string of bombings inside government territory in Syria, state media reported yesterday. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Britain-based
The world’s two largest oil producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, yesterday agreed to act together to stabilize global oil output, though it’s unclear what that might entail. Energy ministers Alexander Novak
A British man has become the first to sail the world non-stop in the “wrong” direction - east to west - against the prevailing winds and currents. Chay Blyth, 31, set
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