Fireworks exploded as a huge container ship made the inaugural passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal yesterday , formally launching the Central American nation’s multibillion-dollar bet on a bright
France has ordered the release of 30 Algerian political prisoners in a move aimed at winning Muslim support over French plans for the colony’s future. General Charles de Gaulle has already
The waitress bounded with a cup of chowder and a plate of fish and broccoli. It was Ann LePage’s first double shift at McSeagull’s, a bustling restaurant touting double-wrapped bacon scallops
POLLUTION The International Energy Agency says each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution and warns that the number will grow unless the energy sector steps
Singapore Airlines said yesterday there were no injuries when a jetliner caught fire after returning to Changi Airport because of an engine warning. The Boeing 777-300ER was on its way
China warned people to be aware of what it said are nefarious motives of the Dalai Lama after he met with Lady Gaga on a trip to the U.S. and
The European Union wants a quickie divorce, but Britain wants time to think things over. Senior EU politicians demanded Saturday that the U.K. quickly cut its ties with the 28-nation bloc
Spaniards began voting yesterday in the second election in six months as the U.K. decision to leave the European Union adds to the uncertainty as the nation seeks to break a
The link between smoking and lung cancer is one of ‘direct cause and effect’, a special report by the Medical Research Council has found. The report, published today, studied the dramatic
Police in New Hampshire say a macabre mammal spotted in a town cemetery is likely a mangy fox — not a “zombie dog” or mythical beast as some have speculated. A
CHINA A tornado and hailstorm killed at least 98 people as it swept over a city’s outskirts of the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, destroying buildings, smashing trees and
Local authorities say a long-distance bus has smashed into a guardrail in central China, sparking a fire that killed 35 people and injured 20 others. A total of 55 people were aboard
A lawyer for an ex-motorcycle gang leader who has been granted a retrial on murder charges in a 2011 shootout with a rival gang at a Nevada casino wants to revisit the
Hacking away in the midday sun, 49-year-old farmer Daniel Lazuba remembers vividly his life before one of Africa’s most active volcanos erupted 14 years ago. “All of this was corn before,”
When he realized he wasn’t going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to
AP: Live coverage on Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union (all times are UK time): Just in: Germany's Merkel says EU is strong enough to find "right answers" to
Financial markets and bettors put their money on Britain’s voting to remain a part of the European Union yesterday in a historic referendum that threatens to undermine the experiment in
Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau. The nation’s Asian population grew at 3.4 percent between July 2014 and 2015,
The Labour Government has admitted Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago. It is thought the underground trial at America’s desert test range in Nevada
A New Jersey black bear that walks upright on its two hind legs and has become a social media darling has re-emerged and has been captured on video months after
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