This Day in History | 2004 Angry dads hit Blair with purple flour

The PM was speaking at the despatch box during his weekly question and answer session soon after midday when father-of-two Ron Davies threw two missiles from the front of the

Offbeat | Texas woman sells ‘housebroken’ bison she let wander inside

Bullet the bison was transported this weekend from Karen Schoeve’s home in Argyle to her new home, which she will share with two cows, 15 miles away in Flower Mound. Schoeve

The Buzz | Thirty-one caught in retests of 2008 Beijing Olympic samples

In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year’s Olympics after they were caught in retesting of

World Briefs

CHINA’s official media reaffirmed the Communist Party’s longstanding judgment that the Cultural Revolution was a catastrophic mistake. MYANMAR The Obama administration lifted sanctions against 10 state-run Myanmar companies and banks yesterday

Libya plea for arms to fight Islamic State backed by U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry backed providing weapons to Libya’s unity government to assist in the fight against Islamic State and other jihadist groups, a move endorsed at a

USA | New USD60m project to fight for First Amendment

The First Amendment is getting a new champion, with some deep pockets. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Columbia University yesterday announced the launch of a USD60 million project,

IRAQ | Bombs hit Baghdad Shiite areas, killing 69

A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets and a restaurant in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 69 people, officials said — the latest in deadly militant attacks

FILM | Jarmusch, Driver bewitch Cannes with poetic ‘Paterson’

Jim Jarmusch debuted his patient, bus driver-poet drama “Paterson” at the Cannes Film Festival where festival-goers responded enthusiastically to the film’s gentle and quirky rhythms. In the movie, Adam Driver plays a bus

This Day in History | 1944 Monte Cassino falls to the Allies

Polish troops entered the hill-top abbey this morning, six days after the latest attacks began on this strategic stronghold at the western end of the German defensive position known as

Offbeat | First US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers

A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation’s first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside

The Buzz | Colombia claims largest cocaine seizure in its history

Colombian authorities say they’ve made the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of a country long plagued by traffic in the drug. The National Police agency says 50 commandos backed by

World Briefs

CHINA has reclaimed more than 3,200 acres of land in the southeastern South China Sea. But the country’s focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands so it

Obama casts Trump philosophy as one of ignorance, isolation

President Barack Obama cast Donald Trump’s positions on immigration, trade and Muslims as part of an ignorance-and-­isolation philosophy that the president says will lead the U.S. down the path of

Temer says delivering results key to winning over Brazilians

Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer said he will only gain popular recognition if he produces tangible results for the population, while pledging not to run for the country’s top job

Iran cracks down on models posing without headscarves online

Iranian police have arrested eight people in a new crackdown targeting “un-Islamic acts” online such as female models posting images of themselves without their hair covered, state media reported yesterday,

This Day in History | 1978 Charlie Chaplin’s stolen body found

It was dug up from a field about a mile away from the Chaplin home in Corsier near Lausanne, Switzerland. The legendary comedian died on Christmas Day last year, aged 88.

Offbeat | Caught: Philadelphia police van is disguised as Google Maps vehicle

Philadelphia police officers attached a large Google Maps logo to a surveillance van in an apparent attempt to disguise it as one of the company’s street-filming cars. Police spokesman Lt. John

The Buzz | Pope says he’s willing to study women deacons, in major step

Pope Francis says he’s willing to create a commission to study whether women can serve as deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling the possibility of letting women serve in ordained

World Briefs

CHINA A navy fighter jet on a nighttime training mission crashed into buildings in an eastern city, but the pilot ejected safely and there were no reports of casualties. AUSTRALIA All

Into Thin Air | Two Brits, Mexican are first foreigners on Everest in 2 years

Two British and a Mexican climber yesterday became the first foreigners to scale Mount Everest in two years together with three Nepalese guides, officials said. The six climbers reached the 8,850-meter

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