Migrant Crisis | Businesses, workers EU-wide brace for Schengen suspension

  The Hungarian city of Sopron, population 50,000, boasts an abundance of beauty shops and 200 dentists — one for every 250 residents. Most businesses don’t target the locals, though; they’re

This Day in History | 1979 China invades Vietnam

Vietnamese Vice-Foreign Minister Nguyen Ko Tach has told ambassadors in Hanoi the Chinese troops have occupied nearly all Vietnamese border positions and are advancing southwards. He did not give any idea

Offbeat | Vietnam suspends 4 guards after inmate becomes pregnant

Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will

The Buzz | Dollar bounces back against euro, as China quiets turmoil

The dollar rose against the euro and yen after China boosted the yuan following a week-long holiday, helping ease global financial turmoil that had spurred investors to bet the Federal

Prelude to The Oscars | ‘The Revenant’ and DiCaprio are winners at BAFTA film awards

Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his Oscar-favorite status by taking the best-actor trophy for playing a bear-battling fur trapper in a brutally wild American West. Alejandro G. Inarritu was named best director

World Briefs

CHINA Zimbabwe raised USD1 million from the sale of elephants to China and will continue exporting to the Asian country as part of conservation efforts, wildlife authorities said. “We exported

USA Elections | Republican candidates joust over foreign policy, immigration

Republican presidential candidates jousted over immigration and foreign policy in a raucous debate that was shaken by the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia hours before they took the

Scalia’s body being flown back; died of natural causes

The body of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was taken to an El Paso airport and was being flown to Virginia after it was determined he died of “natural causes”

This Day in History | 1959 Castro sworn in as Cuban PM

At the age of 32, he has been sworn in as Prime Minister in the Cabinet Room of the Presidential Palace in Havana. Dr Castro led the resistance against the seven-­year

Offbeat | Dutch tourist says he’s lucky to survive Nepal tiger attack

A Dutch tourist who survived a tiger attack in the jungles of southwestern Nepal over the weekend by climbing a tree said yesterday that he’s lucky to be alive and

The Buzz | Prime minister announces Cabinet reshuffle

Australia’s prime minister on Saturday announced a Cabinet reshuffle after three ministers resigned over scandals and two announced that they will retire at elections due within months. It is the second

World Briefs

CHINA A nationalist newspaper says American politicians are resorting to petty actions following a unanimous bill approval by the Senate to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese Embassy

Negotiator wins ‘greedy’ tag in EU spat over London banks

As preparations for this week’s European summit enter their final stretch, France is leading resistance to U.K. demands for a deal to shield British banks from the rules governing lenders

Fresh Clinton e-mails include 84 with security-rating update

The U.S. State Department released another 551 of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails from her time as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, including about 15 percent that had been given updated

Pope gives tough love to Mexico’s political, church elite

Pope Francis challenged Mexico’s political and ecclesial elites on Saturday to provide their people with security, justice and courageous pastoral care to confront the drug-inspired violence and corruption that are

This Day in History | 1942 Singapore forced to surrender

A war correspondent of the Japanese News Agency in Singapore reported that fighting ceased along the entire Malayan front at 2200 local time. The British and Japanese commanders-in-chief, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival

Offbeat | Unlucky in love, elephant damages 15 cars in China

After losing out on his love interest, a wild elephant has turned his attention to cars. The elephant wandered out of a nature reserve in southern China on Friday following

Noise harder on children than adults, hinders how they learn

  From the cacophony of day care to the buzz of TV and electronic toys, noise is more distracting to a child's brain than an adult's, and new research shows it

Einstein’s right again Scientists detect ripples in gravity

It was just a tiny, almost imperceptible "chirp," but it simultaneously opened humanity's ears to the music of the cosmos and proved Einstein right again. In what is being hailed as

The Buzz | Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 59; 76 still missing

The death toll from a weekend earthquake in Taiwan rose to 59 yesterday, with 76 people still missing and presumed trapped under the rubble of a collapsed residential building, the

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