European migrant crisis | For savvy Syrians, social media helps ease trip to the West

The 26-year-old Syrian economics graduate knew exactly what to do and where to go. Amr Zaidah, with the aid of GPS, helped pilot the inflatable boat that brought him and about

This Day in History | 2001 – US rocked by day of terror

The Pentagon was also severely damaged by one of the three civilian airliners which hijackers turned into flying bombs. A fourth plane crashed in a field near Pittsburgh. A state of

offbeat | Canadian couple watches beach home burglary via web cam

A Canadian couple watched via web cam as a man broke into their Florida vacation home on Fort Myers Beach before turning the video over to authorities. The surveillance tape helped

The Buzz | Zetas drug cartel leader dies in Mexican prison

A leader of the Zetas drug cartel who ordered a 2008 attack on a U.S. consulate has died at a maximum-security prison in central Mexico. The federal security commission said yesterday

World briefs

PAKISTAN Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed two journalists in separate attacks in the country’s violent port city of Karachi in the last 24 hours. INDIA More than 1,000 Muslim

New anthology includes poem by white man using Chinese name

Facing sharp criticism in the literary world and beyond, Sherman Alexie is defending his decision to include a poem by a white man writing under a Chinese pen name in

UK | Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria’s long reign

Queen Elizabeth II reached a major milestone yesterday, becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history by passing Queen Victoria, who served for 63 years and seven months. Prime Minister David Cameron

USA | Democrats clinch enough votes for Iran nuclear deal

The White House and insistent U.S. Senate Democrats locked up the votes Tuesday (early yesterday, Macau time) to frustrate attempts by outraged Republicans to pass a legislative rebuke to the

This Day in History | 1963 American Express comes to Britain

Holders of the cards will be able to use them at nearly 3,000 hotels, restaurants, shops and hire-car agencies in this country and at more than 83,000 establishments abroad. The

Offbeat | Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud

A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than 2 million yuan (USD315,000) has been sentenced to 13 1/2

World Views | A nation of refugees opens its doors

“Europe’s biggest migration emergency since the Second World War” – that’s how most British newspapers described a massive influx of Syrian refugees last week. The accompanying stories criticized the callous

The Buzz | Charities to share in Champions League ticket sales

Europe’s top football clubs will give millions of dollars to charities supporting migrants trying to enter the continent. The European Club Association says its members agreed to give 1 euro (USD1.11)

US | Candidate Huckabee to join rally for clerk opposed to gay marriage

Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will join protesters at rally outside the jail where a Kentucky clerk is locked in a cell over her refusal to issue

World Briefs

PAKISTAN-INDIA A senior Pakistani official expresses optimism that recent tensions with neighboring India over the bitterly disputed Kashmir region can be defused. AUSTRALIA A surfer says he was lucky not to

European migrant crisis | Germany prioritizes refugee funds as Hungary speeds up fence

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe is facing a defining moment tackling the largest influx of refugees since World War II as diverging paths for handling the crisis came into

Catholic church reform | Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments

Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church’s process for annulling marriages yesterday, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and simplify the procedure. Francis

Cecil the lion | Minnesota dentist who killed beloved lion returns to work

The American dentist at the center of an international uproar over the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe returned to his clinic in suburban Minneapolis yesterday after weeks out

Offbeat | South Africa: Zulu Reed Dance disrupted by “evil spirits”

South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country’s president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls dancing in the annual cultural festival

The Buzz | Mother headed to jail in custody dispute 

A mother who fled with her daughter to Central America more than a decade ago amid a custody dispute is set to report to jail. Genevieve Kelley pleaded guilty in

Hadid plans new, less costly bid for Tokyo stadium 

Zaha Hadid Architects, the company whose stadium design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was chosen and later scrapped, says it is teaming up with major Japanese design and engineering company

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