The Buzz | China human rights campaigner Harry Wu dies

Harry Wu, a former political prisoner who dedicated his later life to exposing abuses in China’s brutal prison labor camp system, has died. He was 79. Wu died yesterday (Macau time) while on vacation in Honduras,

Cape Verde | Police capture suspected killer of eight soldiers, three civilians

West Africa’s Cape Verde defense official said yesterday police has captured the suspected killer of 8 soldiers, 3 civilians at military barracks. The former Portuguese colony’s president, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, said

World Briefs

CHINA A Tibetan male character from the “Doctor Strange” comic books presented such a political minefield to Marvel that in the film version they cast a Caucasian woman in the

USA: Elections | Trump, Clinton press closer to general election showdown

Bolstering his grip on the Republican primaries, Donald Trump prepared yesterday for a general election showdown with Hillary Clinton, accusing the Democratic front-runner of “playing the woman card” in her

France | Key Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam extradited to France

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam — Europe’s most wanted fugitive until his capture in Belgium last month — was returned to France yesterday to face justice and is willing to

This Day in History | 1945 Italian partisans kill Mussolini

Their bodies were taken to Milan from the Lecco district near Lake Como where they were arrested and then killed yesterday. According to the Times correspondent in Milan, the corpses of

Offbeat | 12-year-old girl runs NY half-marathon by mistake

A 12-year-old western New York girl has wound up running 10 extra miles after she got into the wrong road race. Lee Adianez Rodriguez had registered for the 5K race that

The Buzz | Walt Disney cruise ship rescues fugitives off coast of Cuba

A Walt Disney Co. cruise ship has rescued three fugitives off the coast of Cuba who were wanted in New Orleans. U.S. Marshal Amos Rojas Jr. said in a news release

At Mideast tourism forum in Dubai, a surprising name: Trump

Tucked away behind stands at a Mideast tourism conference this week is a surprising name: Trump. Trump Hotels, the brand bearing the last name of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, sits

Hungary | Hundreds of taxis slow traffic in anti-Uber protest

Hundreds of taxi drivers have been driving slowly on Budapest’s main thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing apps like Uber and what they say is a growing market for unlicensed passenger transport. Taxi

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CHINA’s national legislature is poised to vote this week on a draft law criticized by overseas governments for tightening controls over foreign non-governmental groups by bringing them under direct police

Music | Who will step forward to claim Prince’s millions?

When he was alive, Prince made hundreds of millions of dollars — for record companies, concert venues and others. That much is certain. What’s less clear is how much he

UK | Jury: 96 fans ‘unlawfully killed’ in Hillsborough disaster

The 96 Liverpool soccer fans who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster were “unlawfully killed” because of errors by the police, a jury concluded yesterday. Relatives of the victims of the

This Day in History | 1945 Russians and Americans link at Elbe

Statements have been released simultaneously in London, Moscow and Washington this evening reaffirming the determination of the three Allied powers to complete the destruction of the Third Reich. According to a

Offbeat | Andra Day to appear on 40 million Coke cups at McDonald’s

The Grammy-nominated singer’s image and lyrics from her standout single “Rise Up” will appear exclusively on more than 40 million Coca-Cola cups at select McDonald’s throughout the country, Coke officials

The Buzz | Painting looted by Nazis is coming to auction in NYC

A 17th century Dutch painting looted by the Nazis and recovered by the Monuments Men is going to auction. Sotheby’s is offering Gabriel Metsu’s “An Officer Paying Court to a Young

Cambodian Royal Turtle nearly extinct – less than 10 in wild

The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement that for several years the small remaining population of Royal Turtles, “perhaps numbering fewer than 10,”  have been successfully protected in

World Briefs

CHINA President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has

AP Exclusive | 30 years after: Test finds Chernobyl residue in Belarus milk

On the edge of Belarus’ Chernobyl exclusion zone, down the road from the signs warning “Stop! Radiation,” a dairy farmer offers his visitors a glass of freshly drawn milk. Associated

Spain | King meets with parties in last bid to snap deadlock

Spain’s king began talks with political party leaders yesterday in a final bid to break a four-month deadlock in finding a candidate capable of forming a government and avoiding a

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