The Buzz | First Japanese rocket with commercial payload launched

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket took off at 3:50 p.m. from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch pad on the island of Tanegashima, off Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu. It

Portugal’s Socialists to take power, backed by radicals

Portugal’s president announced yesterday he is inviting Socialist Party leader Antonio Costa to form a government backed by the Communist Party and radical Left Bloc, despite doubts over those parties’

World Briefs

NEW ZEALAND A court hearing in New Zealand on whether to extradite Kim Dotcom and three others who helped run the website Megaupload to the United States ends after nine

Syrian conflict | Russia confirms its jet shot down near Turkish border

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane yesterday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. “We are

Paris attacks | Suspect quizzed, Brussels still in lockdown

French authorities yesterday questioned a top suspect linked to attackers who terrorized Paris, while Belgium’s capital remained locked down under threat of a possible similar attack. Jawad Bendaoud, the only person

This Day in History | 1998 – ‘Corrupt’ Turkish government falls

The Turkish assembly voted by an absolute majority - 314 votes to 214 - in favour of an opposition motion of no confidence in the coalition government of Prime Minister

Offbeat | Rapper throws wads of money over balcony to fans at mall

Videos posted to social media show the Paterson native throwing money Saturday as he walked through the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus. The rapper posted on Twitter that he was

The Buzz | Prosecutors say jewel heist was largest in British history

A prosecutor said yesterday that an Easter weekend break-in to a vault in London’s Hatton Garden diamond district was the largest burglary in English legal history, with a haul estimated

World Briefs

JAPANESE media are reporting an explosion in a public restroom at Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including those executed as war criminals. No one was injured. More

Argentina | ‘Kirchner era’ ends with opposition win

President-elect Mauricio Macri’s promises to revitalize Argentina’s sagging economy with free-market reforms and improve strained relations with the United States resonated with voters, carrying him to a historic win that ended 12

USA | Shooting at New Orleans playground wounds 16

Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday

Paris attacks | Belgian police arrest 16, one fugitive still at large

Belgian police carried out raids throughout the tense capital, detaining 16 people as the city remained locked down under high alert yesterday. In Paris, British Prime Minister David Cameron said

Cameron pledges to outline strategy against IS this week 

British Prime Minister David Cameron will begin to lay out his case this week for the Royal Air Force to start hitting Islamic State targets in Syria, something he has

This Day in History | 1991 Giant of rock dies

The lead singer for rock group Queen died quietly at his home in west London of bronchio-pneumonia, brought on by Aids, his publicist said. The flamboyant star is thought to have

Offbeat | Irish dad whose selfie video was a YouTube hit back in Vegas

The clueless Irish dad whose accidental selfie video of his Las Vegas vacation was watched by millions was back in Sin City to get a do over. This time, it’s a

Rear Window | Blue in the face

It is that time in the year - busy, busy - with the Chief Executive’s annual Policy Presentation in the Legislative Assembly as well as the disclosing of the (2016)

The Buzz | Record number of stranded seal pups

Unhealthy northern fur seal pups have been found stranded on beaches in record numbers, newly weaned and weighing little more than the typical birth weight for the species, experts at

World Briefs

NEPAL Police in southern Nepal opened fire on ethnic protesters blocking the nation’s main highway, killing two in fresh violence that threatened to escalate political tensions. RUSSIA-UKRAINE Russia’s Energy Ministry says

Mali | Authorities tighten security after Islamist-militant attack on hotel

Mali tightened security in the capital as investigators searched for al-Qaeda-linked militants suspected of carrying out an attack on a luxury hotel that killed 22 people, many of them foreigners. Police

Belgium | Brussels hunkers down amid warning of Paris-style threat

Belgian authorities closed down Brussels’ subway system and flooded the streets with armed police and soldiers Saturday in response to what they said was a threat of Paris-style attacks. The decision to

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