The star of such films as The Kid and The Great Dictator was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List. The ceremony took place just miles from the south London district
One Austrian police station has dodged an explosive situation. The police station in Eisenstadt, east of Vienna, was evacuated Tuesday after a woman walked in with a live tank shell in
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell SABMiller’s stake in China’s Snow Breweries for USD1.6 billion to ease regulatory concerns about the merger of the world’s two biggest beermakers. AB InBev says
Investigators searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are examining a possible Boeing Co. 777 component found off the coast of Mozambique, NBC reported, citing people it didn’t identify. The
CHINA’s official Xinhua News Agency says one Chinese citizen was killed and three injured in a shooting in Laos, also the scene of a January bombing that claimed Chinese lives.
Hassan Rasheed’s papers have been cleared but the Iraqi refugee has spent days freezing in a tent with no tarp on the ground and flaps that don’t close, one of
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton’s decisive Super Tuesday victories in the contest to win their parties’ presidential nominations have left rivals with few strategies to turn around the
Britain will be the first country in Europe to offer regular programming in colour. The announcement was made in the Commons by the Postmaster General, Anthony Wedgwood Benn. The new service is
Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright flash of light reported by people across Scotland and northern England. Police Scotland said the force began receiving calls about 6:55
A Tiger Airways jet made an emergency landing in the Australian city of Melbourne after an odor was detected and crew members were reported ill, the government said. The Airbus A320
As Felix Sanchez watched the Academy Awards ceremony, he kept wondering when all the talk of diversity from host Chris Rock and others would itself become more diverse. “I was shocked
NORTH KOREA With tensions high and the United States and South Korea ready to hold their massive annual war games next week, which North Korea sees as a dress rehearsal
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are eyeing an opportunity to pull away from their rivals today in multiple state contests across the country that could accelerate their
American voters living in Wellington and registered as Democrats voted just after midnight early Tuesday local time, almost a day ahead of compatriots back home. In keeping with the South
The new Rhodesian Republic, came into being at 2301BST yesterday, unrecognised by the rest of the world and barely noticed by Rhodesians themselves. Mr Smith signed a proclamation officially dissolving the
Fourteen members of a criminal gang have been convicted of stealing millions of pounds worth of rhinoceros horn and Chinese artifacts from British museums and auction houses. A jury at Birmingham
Investor Warren Buffett says he can’t predict how having interest rates negative for a prolonged period will affect the economy because it has never happened before. The billionaire from Omaha said
A cruise ship that was battered by a major Atlantic storm earlier this month was headed back to its home port over the weekend as another squall threatened its current
MALAYSIA Former leader Mahathir Mohamad has quit the ruling Malay party, saying it has been hijacked by embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak to protect his own interests. Najib has come
In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama “Spotlight” took best picture yesterday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and
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