High waves during storm? New forecast model tries to predict

When John Couch is certain a storm will hit Hatteras Island, he goes into action, moving merchandise in his auto parts store from bottom shelves to top ones and hauling

Airbnb finds love in Lisbon after Berlin shies away

On his way to work, Lisbon Mayor Fernando Medina likes to count the dwindling number of empty buildings. Thanks to a tourism and real estate boom, many are being converted into

The Buzz | Suicide car bomb attack kills 4 in Turkish town

A Kurdish rebel suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a police headquarters near Turkey’s border with Syria yesterday, killing four other people. An Interior Ministry officia, said two civilians and two women

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CHINA’s State Oceanic Administration said four officers were killed when a marine surveillance plane crashed into a mountain along the country’s east coast. The accident occurred on Tuesday during a

Bollywood filmmaker challenges censoring of drug-abuse film

A Bollywood film producer took his row with India’s censor board to a court yesterday, challenging dozens of cuts and changes to a film that depicts the menace of drug

US primaries | Clinton claims historic victory as battle with Trump begins

Hillary Clinton declared herself the victor in the Democratic nominating race, becoming the first woman to run as the presidential candidate of a major U.S. political party, and immediately launched

This Day in History | 1983 Thatcher wins landslide victory

The SDP Liberal Alliance, fighting its first national contest, won just 23 seats under the “first-past-the-­post” electoral system, despite receiving nearly as many votes as Labour. Mrs Thatcher announced the forthcoming

The Buzz | EU pressures Thailand on fish, labor reform

The European Union says Thailand must take “swift and determined action” by next month to improve its fisheries and labor practices or the threat of a seafood ban will come

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CHINA-US China promises to rein in steel production that is flooding global markets and to work with Washington to enforce anti-nuclear sanctions against North Korea, but the two sides end

Abandoned Japanese boy leaves hospital; no charges planned

A Japanese boy who was found nearly a week after he was abandoned in a forest by his parents as punishment was released from a hospital yesterday and said he

USA Elections | Sanders focus on California; Clinton has sufficient backing

Facing elimination, Bernie Sanders vowed yesterday to win primaries in California and beyond even as Hillary Clinton secured the commitments of enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential

Middle East | Saudis to create more jobs, cut subsidies in reform plan

Saudi Arabia unveiled the details of the first phase of an economic overhaul aimed at reducing reliance on oil exports and preparing for the millions of young people who will

This Day in History | 1968 James Earl Ray quizzed over King death

A 40-year-old man has been arrested in London in connection with the murder of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King. James Earl Ray is being questioned by police after he

Offbeat | Ukraine border guards discover bootleg alcohol pipeline

Authorities in Ukraine say they have foiled plans to ship bootleg alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine via a pipeline. The SBU security service said yesterday that border guards in the country’s

The Buzz | Salom hit brakes later than usual in fatal crash

Telemetry data shows Spanish rider Luis Salom hit the brakes nine meters later than usual in the crash that took his life at the Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona. SAG

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CHINA-US Washington envoys press China to cut excess steel production that is flooding global markets and to reach a diplomatic settlement to territorial disputes in the South China Sea, as

NPR journalist David Gilkey, translator killed on assignment

David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and an Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the

Iraq | IS shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle

The Islamic State group has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the nearly two-week battle between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the city of Fallujah,

USA | Clinton on cusp of Democratic nomination

Hillary Clinton stands on the cusp of having enough delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, having overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in a pair of weekend elections in the Caribbean. Yet

Ukraine arrests Frenchman for plotting attacks on Euro 2016

Ukraine’s intelligence agency SBU said yesterday it has thwarted a plot to attack soccer’s European Championships in France by arresting a Frenchman who wanted to cross from Ukraine into the

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