Media | YouTube said to plan ‘unplugged’ online TV service for 2017

YouTube is working on a paid subscription service called Unplugged that would offer customers a bundle of cable TV channels streamed over the Internet, people familiar with the plan said. The

The Buzz | Rainstorm kills seven, injures 65 during Hindu pilgrimage

A heavy rainstorm yesterday collapsed several tents, sheds and gates at a sprawling Hindu pilgrimage site with hundreds of thousands of devotees in central India, killing at least seven people

AP Exclusive | Iraq routed IS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed

A building that housed a pool hall and ice cream shops — reduced to rubble. A row of money changers and motorcycle repair garages — obliterated, a giant bomb crater

World Briefs

NORTH KOREA North Korea shows off a spruced-up capital to droves of international journalists and visitors who have been brought in for some major political theater — the country’s first

USA | Complaint details kidnapping death of girl on Navajo nation

On the far side of a desert hilltop in the shadow of the Shiprock Pinnacle, a towering monolith sacred to the Navajo Nation, the stranger ignored the cries of an

USA | Obama urges Asian-Americans to stand up to bigotry

Obama said America’s tradition is to welcome newcomers because it was founded by immigrants. He said that tradition also makes difficult to understand why some people are blocking efforts to

Turkey | PM meets party leaders, expected to step down

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with officials of his party yesterday amid reports that he intends to step down after falling out of favor with the country’s all-powerful president. Davutoglu

This Day in History | 1960 Margaret weds Armstrong-Jones

More than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch the first ever televised royal wedding service. Thousands, including many international and commonwealth visitors, lined the streets of central London to witness

Offbeat | The fireman’s pole is history – at least in Vienna

The fireman’s pole is history — at least in Vienna. Firefighter spokesman Lukas Schauer says the last pole in the Austrian capital was removed recently, marking the end of a spectacular

The Buzz | Southeast European business forum draws global investors

The countries of southeastern Europe are aiming to attract more investment from international business executives gathered at a conference in Sarajevo. The annual event, which opened yesterday, this year has gathered

FBI returns to home of reputed mobster linked to USD500M Boston art heist

Federal authorities returned this week to search the Connecticut property of a reputed mobster suspecting of having knowledge about the largest art heist in U.S. history. FBI agents went to the

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CHINA’s military is appealing to the younger generation with a slick new recruitment video featuring aircraft carriers, tanks and special forces troops, all set to a rousing rap-rock soundtrack. With

USA Elections | Trump, Clinton all but certain to face off in fall campaign

Once dismissed as a fringe contender, businessman Donald Trump now is all but certain to lead the Republican Party into the fall presidential campaign against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton —

This Day in History | 1955 Dr Salk promotes polio vaccine in UK

Margaret Jenkins, aged 21, of Bromley in Kent became the 500,000th person in London to receive the polio vaccine in the first of two injections at the special lunchtime clinic

Offbeat | Cross-bearing ‘Jesus’ arrested at Apple store for trespass

A man who calls himself “Philly Jesus” has a new cross to bear: He was arrested at a Philadelphia Apple store on a trespassing charge. Philly Jesus’ real name is Michael

The Buzz | Atlantic City pays interests as mayor averts a default

Atlantic City made USD1.8 million in interest payments, averting what would have been New Jersey’s first municipal default since the Great Depression as state lawmakers bicker over how to assist

Solar plane arrives in Arizona on latest leg of global trip

An airplane powered only by sunlight has arrived in a Phoenix suburb after completing the latest leg of its global trip. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 landed shortly before 9 p.m.

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IRAQ The Turkish military says its warplanes have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, killing 18 militants. The airstrikes targeted Qandil, the mountainous stronghold of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party,

Migrant crisis | German Jews divided over fears of one million Muslim newcomers

When the leader of Germany’s Jews spoke out against the flow of Muslim migrants to Europe, a rabbinical student denounced his views as racist — and ignited a debate over

Spain | No Podemos: King signs decree for unprecedented new elections

King Felipe VI signed the order in the presence of parliamentary speaker Patxi Lopez hours after the deadline for installing a new government passed. Spain has never had to repeat

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