This Day in History | 1945 US flag raised over Iwo Jima

US troops have raised the Stars and Stripes over Iwo Jima four days after landing on the Japanese- held volcanic island. The 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division took Mount

Offbeat | 4 Brits, 2 Australians die in New Zealand chopper crash 

Four tourists from Britain and two from Australia are among seven people who died when a helicopter crashed on a scenic New Zealand glacier, police said. Rescuers yesterday were working to

Dream US apartments for USD582 a month only for starving artists

Mary Waters’s application for her dream apartment included lots of the usual stuff: a couple years of tax returns, her passport and proof she has a Social Security number. Oh,

UN official: Over 120 leaders to attend Paris climate summit 

The attacks in Paris are affecting crucial climate change talks in the French capital starting later this month, but more than 120 world leaders strongly support the conference and have

The Buzz | Watchdog group seeks probe of Adelson’s US political donations

A U.S. government watchdog group has asked two federal oversight agencies to investigate Sheldon Adelson. According to a Reuters report, the probe intends to determine if any money he donated

World Briefs

CHINA cuts interest rates on loans by small lenders that finance the country’s entrepreneurs in a new move to shore up lackluster economic growth. Yesterday, the People’s Bank of China

Egyptian plane crash | IS releases photo of bomb it says downed Russian jetliner

The Islamic State group has released a photo of a bomb hidden in a soft drink can that it said had brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last

Paris Attacks | Officials: Suspected jihadi mastermind, cousin died in raid

The Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died a day ago along with his female cousin in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, French officials said

This Day in History | 1945 – Nuremberg trial of Nazis begins

The four judges who make up the International Military Tribunal took their seats at 1000 hours to hear the charges read out. The offences included waging a war of aggression, violating

The Buzz | Marvel, Transformers display heads to Vegas’ Treasure Island

Batman has his bat cave. Superman has his fortress of solitude. And soon the Avengers and a team of Transformers will call a corner on the Las Vegas Strip home. Treasure

Organized crime | FBI agent testifies against San Francisco Chinatown figure

The undercover FBI agent at the center of an organized crime investigation in San Francisco’s Chinatown testified yesterday (Macau time) that he posed as a vulgar, racist member of an

World Briefs

VIETNAM’s prime minister says the Communist country will do its best to develop good relations with China, but at the same time will defend its sovereignty in the disputed South

USA | Muslims face backlash after Paris attacks

Muslims around the U.S. are facing backlash following the deadly attacks in Paris, including vandalism to mosques and Islamic centers, hate-filled phone and online messages and threats of violence. Advocacy leaders

Paris attacks | 2 dead, 7 arrested in raid targeting jihadi mastermind

A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up yesterday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week’s gun

This Day in History | 1969 Second Apollo mission lands on Moon

Apollo 12 almost failed before it began because of a leaking hydrogen tank, but launch crews raced against time to change it before takeoff. There was another moment of drama shortly

Offbeat | Zimbabwe’s Mister Ugly pageant has record number of entries

For the first time since the competition began in 2011, organizers will hold preliminary rounds to whittle the number of hopefuls from 36 to 12 who will compete in the

The Buzz | US: Police stop Google self-driving car for going too slowly 

A car built by Google that drives itself around city streets had a brush with the law for driving too slowly. A police officer in the tech giant’s Silicon Valley hometown

World Briefs

INDONESIA Two Indonesian newlyweds have been arrested on accusations they plotted to kill a man the woman said had raped her a week before her marriage, and police said yesterday

Egyptian air crash | Russia: Plane brought down by homemade explosive device

A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service said yesterday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it’s now

USA | Refugee quandary: Immigrant legacy vs 9/11-era fears

The Paris attacks are rapidly weakening U.S. support for bringing in thousands more Syrian refugees, as pressure grows in Congress and the Republican presidential campaign to reverse course and governors

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