‘No Crisis’ Norway holds talks on oil’s plunge cost

Norway’s prime minister, finance minister and central bank governor are holding an extraordinary meeting to assess just how bad the deepening plunge in the price of oil will be for

This Day in History | 2004 Nasa rover looks for water on Mars

The Opportunity rover touched down at 0505 GMT, on the opposite side of Mars from where its sister rover, Spirit, landed three weeks ago. After a promising start sending back

Offbeat | Japanese wrestler wins sumo title for 1st time in 10 years

Kotoshogiku won the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament yesterday to become the first Japanese-born wrestler to win a championship in 10 years. Kotoshogiku, whose real name is Kazuhiro Kikutsugi, beat fellow

Nature | After blizzard, snowed-in US East Coast prepares to dig out

Millions of Americans were preparing to dig themselves out yesterday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the U.S. East Coast to an icy

Feature | From Paris suburb to bloody attack, portrait of IS jihadis

Even under extended police questioning, Samy Amimour never hid his disdain for France, his desire to leave, or his belief that the apocalypse was near. But he told investigators he

The Buzz | GM’s Cadillac opens China factory to target luxury market

The 8b yuan (USD1.2b) factory operated with its main Chinese partner, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., will have an annual production capacity of 160,000 vehicles. Cadillac began selling in China in 2004,

Grisly fossils from Kenya reveal a 10,000-year-old massacre

Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. Researchers said the discovery casts light

World Briefs

CHINA A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck a remote region of northwest China early yesterday, damaging a few dozen homes but causing no casualties. Xinhua News Agency said the epicenter of the

Litvinenko | UK judge: Putin probably approved plan to poison ex-spy

  President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge

USA | 5 charged in alleged scheme to steal drug secrets

Five people were indicted in federal court on charges they took part in an alleged scheme to steal biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline and sell them to competitors in China. The

This Day in History | 1979 Public sector strike paralyzes UK

The four major public service unions angry at the government’s attempt to impose a 5% pay ceiling called out their 1.5 million members. They included hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers,

Offbeat | Spanish town celebrates bizarre, turnip-throwing festival

The event was part of the bizarre ‘Jarramplas’ festival which is held in Piornal each Jan 19-20. Following the yearly tradition, a town volunteer donned a costume of multicolored ribbons and

The Buzz | Lin, Curry, Harden in NBA TV spot for Chinese New Year

The NBA is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a TV spot featuring Jeremy Lin, Stephen Curry and James Harden. The ad is called “Dining Table” and shows the stars sharing

Travel | Chinese Garden at SoCal’s Huntington Library

On a typical day at the Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino, the smell of flowers —jasmine, camellias — floats across the garden’s man-made lake in the

World Briefs

CHINA A deputy head of the Chinese Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office is placed under investigation for apparent corruption amid renewed scrutiny of Beijing’s policies toward the island following its election

AP Exclusive | Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed

Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of

USA Elections | Donald Trump receives key endorsement from Sarah Palin

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received the endorsement yesterday of conservative firebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential boost less than two weeks before Iowa’s kick-off caucuses. The endorsement

Davos | DiCaprio rips Big Oil at confab of business leaders

Fresh off his Golden Globe win, Leonardo DiCaprio drew ooohs, ahhs and smiles from a crowd as he was honored for his work against the climate crisis at the World

This Day in History | 1950 Acclaimed author George Orwell dies

Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell was improving. On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend about his plans for the

Offbeat | Emirati prosecutors file warrant for men dancing in uniforms

Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates have filed an arrest warrant for two men who wore military uniforms and danced in an Internet video. The state-run WAM news agency announced that

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