Ahead of a June 23 referendum on whether to quit the European Union, Britons are looking across the North Sea to Norway for clues on what life could be like
Donald Trump appears to be finding some friends in North Korea. The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee has been getting good press this week in the North’s carefully controlled media, first
The United States has landed its first spacecraft on the Moon. Scientists were surprised and delighted that Surveyor 1 - America’s first attempt at a “soft” landing - succeeded. They had expected
Just hours into the trip, Cleary’s kayak started taking on water, and he was forced to abandon the vessel before being rescued at sea. Eighteen months later, the kayak has
The British pound has fallen sharply after two opinion polls for The Guardian newspaper indicated support for a British exit from the 28-country European Union in next month’s referendum. In both
CHINA A teenage boy sneaked into the cargo hold of an Emirates passenger plane in China and made it all the way to Dubai before being apprehended, the airline and
The ministry that Acting President Michel Temer created to demonstrate his commitment to fighting corruption was caught up in the fringes of the sweeping investigation that has rattled Brazil’s political
It was the wedding of one of her best friends, and Natalie Kao was going to be a bridesmaid in a fun, tropical setting on a small island just off
Eleven people have died after Serb forces shelled artillery onto a holiday football match in Bosnia. Four children were among the dead, and 100 were injured on the makeshift pitch in
Thane Maynard, however, said a review is underway to determine any improvements that can make the zoo safer. The male western lowland gorilla named Harambe was killed Saturday by a special
A Swiss climber who found the long-lost bodies of a renowned mountaineer and his cameraman on one of the world’s tallest mountains said it took days for him and his
US-CHINA China features prominently in the rhetoric of presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who accuses the country of stealing American jobs and cheating at global trade. In China though,
A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile’s jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said yesterday. The pair were in shallow water at Thornton Beach in the World Heritage-listed Daintree National
Famous for its efforts to put women on an equal footing with men, Sweden is experiencing a gender balance shift that has caught the country by surprise: For the first
Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for abuses during his time in power, Judge Gberdao Gustave Kam said yesterday at the end of
It’s hardly a dog’s life of just eating and sleeping for President Barack Obama’s pets, Bo and Sunny. The pair of Portuguese water dogs — Bo with his distinctive white chest
US playwright Arthur Miller has been convicted of contempt of Congress. The conviction relates to an investigation last year by the House of Representatives’ Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) into a Communist
Tenants at a Salt Lake City apartment complex are not giving “likes” to a Facebook-centric condition to their lease. KSL-TV reports (bit.ly/1XH25il) that tenants at City Park Apartments received a notice
The unemployment rate (1.9 percent) and the underemployment rate (0.5 percent) for the period February-April 2016 remained stable, as was the case for January-March 2016, according to information from the
CHINA A laundry detergent maker apologized for the harm caused by the spread of an ad in which a black man “washed” by its product was transformed into a fair-skinned
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