FIFA signed its first major new sponsor yesterday after a gap of more than two scandal-filled years. Soccer’s governing body announced an eight-year partnership deal with Alibaba E-Auto for the Club
INDONESIA Millions of Indonesians vote in nationwide elections for regional leaders in the sprawling archipelago. INDONESIA A strong earthquake strikes off the coast of eastern Indonesia, but officials say there is
Led by Choir Director Dr. Geoffrey Webber, the choir is one of the United Kingdom’s leading collegiate choirs, and students will perform a wide range of sacred and secular choral
Congressmen, rival candidates, world leaders and even the creators of Harry Potter and “The Shining” all agree: Donald Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States goes too far. The Republican
The third gunman who terrorized Paris’ Bataclan concert hall before being killed last month in the attack was identified yesterday as a Frenchman who left for Syria in 2013. The
A wild pig in Germany has decided to give up its “boaring” life — leaving the forest to live with a small herd of cattle. Farmer Dirk Reese told the dpa
During the spectacle he crossed an 80ft gap over a 50ft sheer drop above a viaduct on a 400cc motorcycle. Experts said a fall would almost certainly have ended in disaster. Kidd,
American lawyer Michael Lenard will head the arbitration panel that will hear any legal disputes at next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced yesterday
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited a swath of northwest England inundated by floods, as rescuers pulled people from waterlogged homes after record rainfall led to at least one death
CHINA Masked men attack a government office in western China, smashing vehicles and equipment and leaving 13 people injured in a regional dispute over farmland, local authorities and state media
Syria’s government yesterday accused the U.S.-led coalition of launching airstrikes on a Syrian army camp in the country’s east that killed three soldiers and wounded 13 and sent a protest
In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed the United States would overcome a new phase of the terror threat that seeks to “poison the minds” of people here and
Venezuela’s opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez kicked off the
The 40-year-old was shot several times as he entered the Dakota, his luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, opposite Central Park, at 2300 local time. He was rushed in
The banknotes were wet, but Austrian police are not treating the find of more than 100,000 euros found in the Danube river as a classic case of money laundering. Firefighters fished
The socialist system built by Hugo Chavez is facing its gravest electoral test as Venezuelans cast ballots in what seems to have become a tightening race for control of the
American actor and environmental activist Robert Redford called global warming “an urgent matter” Friday and encouraged mayors to reduce local emissions even as world diplomats are trying to work out
INDONESIA Police say a commuter train slammed into a passenger minibus at a railroad crossing in Indonesia’s capital, killing at least 14 people and seriously injuring 10 others. AFGHANISTAN New Taliban
French voters were casting ballots yesterday for regional leaders in an unusually tense security climate, expected to favor conservative and far right candidates and strike a new blow against the
The deadly shooting in San Bernardino happened in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the United States: California bars assault weapons, blocks the sale of large-capacity
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