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A German court had to restart the trial of two men suspected of robbing a grocery store because a judge kept nodding off during the proceedings. The Muenster state court told
Searchers in Thailand have found the wreckage of an air force helicopter missing since Saturday and the bodies of the three crewmen who were on board. Air Chief Marshal Suttipong Inseeyong
The U.N. children’s agency warned that 69 million youngsters under the age of five will die from preventable causes between now and 2030 if all countries don’t accelerate action to
SINGAPORE A court sentenced the founder of a website that published anti-foreign content to eight months in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition. Yang Kaiheng set up “The Real
At the heart of the campaign that led Britain to vote to leave the European Union was a desire to regain independence lost amid a globalized world. It’s the same
Britain’s Treasury chief sought yesterday to ease concerns about the vote to leave the European Union, saying the economy is as strong as it could be to face the uncertainty
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,”
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