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CHINA is marking National Security Education Day with a poster warning young female government workers about dating handsome foreigners who could turn out to have secret agendas. CHINA President Xi Jinping

Britain | Gove attacks Cameron’s case for EU as party splits deepen

U.K. Justice Secretary Michael Gove attacked Prime Minister David Cameron’s case for Britain staying in the European Union, demonstrating the depth of divisions in the governing Conservative Party. Gove, one of

Brazil | President defiant after impeachment vote, won’t quit

Expressing outrage over the congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma Rousseff says she will not resign and vows to keep fighting the forces arrayed against her. The

Zambia | Anti-foreigner riots claim five lives as looting spreads

Riots in Zambia’s capital spread to other parts of Lusaka yesterday as looters ransacked shops owned by immigrants, particularly Rwandans, and the ruling Patriotic Front party said five people may

Iraq | Parliament fails to vote on fate of its speaker

Iraqi lawmakers have failed to vote on whether they will oust or keep the incumbent parliament speaker, prolonging the country’s simmering political crisis. Shiite lawmaker, Hassan Salim, says after the session

This Day in History | 1953 UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange

One hundred United Nations prisoners were freed today under Operation “Little Switch”. They included 12 Britons, 30 Americans, 50 South Koreans, four Turks, one Canadian, one South African, one Greek

Offbeat | Madrid mayor: Dog poop culprits may have to clean streets

Dog owners in Madrid beware: Pick up after your pooch or face working as a street cleaner. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena is warning dog owners they’ll face stiff fines or possibly

The Buzz | Brazil: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Parliament in Brazil yesterday has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority in the

The Science of Lying | We all lie, scientists say, but politicians even more so

This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world’s most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump routinely calls rival

World Briefs

CHINA The Defense Ministry says a military plane was dispatched to one of China’s new man-made islands in a disputed area of the South China Sea in what is believed

Ecuador rattled by hundreds of aftershocks, death toll jumps to 272

  New aftershocks are rattling Ecuador — part of the hundreds following a deadly magnitude-7.8 earthquake that has killed at least 272 people in the Andean nation. The Geophysics Institute says 230

This Day in History | 2005 Ratzinger is elected as new Pope

His arrival was greeted by loud cheers from the many thousands of pilgrims who had packed St Peter’s Square as news of his election spread across Rome. He was chosen on

Offbeat | Angry Chinese construction workers duel with bulldozers

Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a demolition derby-style clash of heavy machinery that left at least two bulldozers flipped over in a street. In

The Buzz | Kenya shocks Fiji to win Singapore Sevens

Kenya shocked Fiji 30-7 in the final of the Singapore Rugby Sevens yesterday to claim its first World Series title. Collins Injera scored two of six tries as Kenya won the

‘House of Cards’ interest spurs rise of Spacey in China

“I went to Macau and walked on stage and it was like some rock star had walked on stage,” Spacey told Abu Dhabi’s English-­language publication, The National. “About 300 Chinese

‘Chaplin’s World’ honors cinema legend with first museum

Little chance of that. The legacy of the Hollywood legend behind “The Dictator” and “Modern Times” lives on today in the minds of stars like Johnny Depp and Robert Downey

World Briefs

CHINA’s second-ranking general recently visited the country’s man-made islands in the South China Sea, underscoring defiance in the face of calls by the U.S. and others to cease construction work that they say

Migrants | Libyan smuggling route grows one year after mass drownings

When more than 800 people drowned last year on an overcrowded ship bound for Italy’s southernmost isle of Lampedusa, the European Union deployed a round-the-clock flotilla that has saved thousands

Earthquake kills 233 in Ecuador; emergency workers rush in

  The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. President Rafael Correa said at least 233 people had died and rescuers were struggling to

Iran vows to defend Muslim nations against terrorism, Israel

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani yesterday vowed to defend Muslim countries against terrorism and Israel while insisting that its neighbors should not feel threatened. Speaking during a National Army Day parade in

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