Offbeat | Indian man dies after being sucked into aircraft engine

Airport and airline authorities in India have begun investigating the death of a technician who was sucked into an aircraft engine at an airport in Mumbai. Air India chief Ashwani Lohani

The Buzz | Global stocks posting big gains ahead of expected Fed hike

Investors around the world have one clear focus yesterday (today) – the Fed. The central bank is expected to raise interest rates from near zero percent, which would be its

Inside one of Brazil’s packed prisons

Violent drug gangs rule in most of the sprawling Central Prison in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, bursting with over twice its capacity of fewer than 2,000 inmates.

World Briefs

US-TAIWAN The Obama administration is planning its first arms sale to Taiwan in four years, congressional aides said, a move that typically draws stiff criticism from Beijing but is unlikely

USA | Clashes over national security mark 5th Republican debate

In a presidential race reshaped by national security concerns, Republican front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States yesterday as the candidates debated their plans for fighting Islamic

USA | NY, LA schools receive same email threat; LA cancels classes

The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats earlier this week of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs, and LA

Syria | Dozens killed, hurt in airstrikes on fuel market

Opposition activists said warplanes also struck a popular market in the northern village of Maskaneh that is under the control of the Islamic State group, killing at least 18 people

This Day in History | 1942 Britain condemns massacre of Jews

Mr Eden also read out a United Nations declaration condemning “this bestial policy”. He said news of German atrocities sent in by the Polish Government and widely reported in the press

Offbeat | Polish geology experts: No hidden Nazi train

Polish geology experts said they have found no traces of a train at a site allegedly hiding a World War II Nazi train. Experts from the University of Science and Technology

The Buzz | China, United Arab Emirates to launch USD10 billion fund

China and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to launch a USD10 billion joint strategic investment fund. Emirati state news agency WAM said the accord was one of several bilateral agreements

Journalists behind bars: 2015 report highlights China, Egypt

China, Egypt and Iran top the list of the world’s leading jailers of journalists in a new annual report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Eritrea, Ethiopia and

New Zealand picks new flag design to challenge current flag

The British Union Jack once symbolized the reach of a powerful empire — but it may need to yield soon to a delicate silver fern. At least on New Zealand’s

World Briefs

TURKEY  The state-run news agency says police have detained a Syrian Islamic State militant suspected of planning a suicide attack against the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul. Anadolu Agency said the

USA | In schools, on streets and TV, children feel Muslim backlash

A backlash against American Muslims is leaving a mark on some of the nation’s youngest minds. After seeing presidential candidate Donald Trump call on television for barring Muslims from entering the country, 8-year-old Sofia Yassini checked

COP 21| Winners and losers in the Paris climate pact

The climate deal adopted in suburban Paris was the culmination of four years of negotiations on how to get nearly all countries to jointly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that

This Day in History | 1955 Queen opens London Airport terminal

Her Majesty arrived by car with the Duke of Edinburgh and was greeted by a guard of honour made up of air crews from the British and Commonwealth airlines, headed

Offbeat | Firefighters spray wrong plane with foam at Chinese airport

When crew members of a passenger plane reported sparks coming from an engine while taxiing at an airport in southern China, eight fire trucks responded within minutes. Then they covered

Edith Piaf celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth

NEW YORK (AP) — Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital. The cabaret singer who once sang on the streets for spare change

The Buzz | Beijing to build UNESCO center for creativity

Beijing will build a UNESCO international center for creativity and sustainable development, the first of its kind, a senior official said yesterday, cited by Xinhua. The center will include establishment

Scholars ask if Beijing will adopt Madeira-style rule for SARs

A top Beijing official’s research mission to the Portuguese island of Madeira last month has prompted scholars to question whether the central government intends to learn from the Portuguese Autonomous

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