The Buzz | Trump campaign challenging comics to think outside the box

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is far from ordinary, and late-night television humorists are pushing boundaries in order to keep up. The most memorable Trump-inspired comedy of the past few months has

Queen of Late | Madonna angers Australian fans with two-hour concert delay

Madonna has angered fans by starting a concert in the Australian city of Brisbane more than two hours late and finishing the show early yesterday morning after the last train

World Briefs

INDIA Security personnel evacuate two aircraft at New Delhi’s international airport after receiving an anonymous phone call of explosives being placed on the planes, in the third such scare affecting

Brazil | Corruption: Judge suspends Lula’s appointment to Rousseff cabinet

A federal judge in Brazil issued an injunction to suspend the appointment of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, further deepening a political crisis

Middle East | Kerry determines IS group committing genocide in Iraq, Syria

Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. officials, as he

This Day in History | 1950 Government falls as Belgians vote for king

Sunday’s vote showed a narrow majority of 57.7% of votes in favour of the king being allowed back from Switzerland. But the result highlighted sharp divisions within the country and

Offbeat | Spanish town looks to revive botched restored fresco success

Borja Mayor Eduardo Arilla said 160,000 people had come to see the fresco since the story of Cecilia Gimenez’s restoration of a Christ fresco in a town sanctuary went viral

The Buzz | Denmark’s TV2 channel opens office in Syrian capital

Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster says it has opened an office in Damascus, claiming to be the only western media to do so. Mikkel Hertz, news director of the channel based in Odense,

Once again | Danes take top spot in world happiness report, Singaporeans happiest in East Asia

Denmark, perhaps better known for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again. Even U.S.

World Briefs

SINGAPORE’s government announced yesterday that it has arrested four citizens accused of links to armed conflict in Yemen and to a Kurdish militia group fighting against the Islamic State group.

USA Elections | Trump wins Florida, loses Ohio; Rubio drops out

  Donald Trump scored victories yesterday in three states, including the big-prize Florida, but lost Ohio to the state’s governor, John Kasich, as the billionaire continued to move ahead in

This Day in History | 1995 Killer Ronnie Kray dies

Police said 61-year-old Ronnie died at 0907 GMT after being transferred to Wexham Park hospital, Slough, from a hospital in Ascot. The man, once part of the infamous gang “The Firm”,

Offbeat | Fans use Lovecraft’s fame to promote Providence’s weird side

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft’s writings are trying to use the growing fame of the early 20th century fantasy-horror writer to promote Providence’s weird side. Lovecraft so identified with Rhode Island’s capital

The Buzz | Chinese company to resume work on Sri Lankan port city

A Chinese company said yesterday it will resume construction of a USD1.5 billion port city project in Sri Lanka, about a year after it was suspended because of questions about its

Site of 1503 shipwreck tied to Vasco da Gama found off Oman

The 500-year-old wreckage of Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of explorer Vasco da Gama has been found off the coast of Oman, archaeologists said yesterday, a discovery that included

World Briefs

CHINA plans to set up a commercial rocket-launch company in view of the market’s potential, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Sanjiang Space Group Co. is preparing to enter the

USA | Obama administration loosens rules on Cuba travel, dollar

  The Obama administration yesterday loosened rules on travel to Cuba and the Cuban government’s use of the dollar, removing obstacles to closer ties between the two countries five days before

Turkey | Military says 45 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes

  At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said yesterday, while

This Day in History | 1953 Marshal Tito makes historic visit to London

The Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden greeted him at Westminster at the start of his five-day visit. He arrived by sea from Yugoslavia in

Offbeat | Etisalat removes iconic building ‘golf balls’ after storm

The iconic “golf balls” on Etisalat buildings are coming down. The Emirati telecommunications company has taken down the spheres atop their buildings at their headquarters in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai. The

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