Holocaust tribute | ‘Britain’s Schindler’: Winton’s rescue of Jewish children revealed after 50 years

Is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton?” asked the presenter of the popular BBC magazine program “That’s Life”. Around the elderly man, sitting with

Tunisia | 8 suspected in hotel attack probe

Eight people are in custody on suspicion of direct links to a deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort, while police have released four others detained earlier in the investigation,

This Day in History | 1971 – Doors’ singer Jim Morrison found dead

A doctor’s report stated the cause of death was heart failure aggravated by heavy drinking. The rest of the band - keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John

Offbeat | Average Manhattan home price is over USD1.8 million

The Corcoran Group puts the average Manhattan sales price at $1.81 million. Corcoran says the median sales price is now $960,000. The Douglas Elliman report puts it at $980,000. The median

The Buzz | Saudi prince vows to donate USD32b fortune

Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest people, has announced he will donate all of his wealth to charity over the coming years. The Saudi

World Briefs

CHINA’s manufacturing was weak in June and employers cut more jobs, two surveys showed yesterday, in a new sign the world’s second-largest economy is struggling to emerge from a slump.

Greece | Tsipras makes concession but no deal seen before Sunday vote

Greece’s government has made new concessions in talks with its creditors, though some European officials said they were still not good enough and that a deal was nevertheless impossible before a Greek

USA-Cuba | Washington, Havana reach agreement to open embassies

The United States and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals, the biggest tangible step in the countries’ historic bid to restore ties after more than a

Egypt | Militants attack army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 38 

Islamic militants yesterday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers, security and

Tunisia | Beach killer trained with museum gunmen 

The student who massacred tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort trained in a jihadi camp in Libya at the same time as the two men who attacked a leading museum

This Day in History | 2005 – Millions rock to Live 8 message

Bob Geldof said the day had been “full of hope and possibility and life”. In London Madonna, U2, Coldplay, Sir Elton John and Sting all performed. Almost all of the singers

Offbeat | Recent spike in shark attacks reported off Carolinas coast

Shark experts have a not-so-reassuring explanation for a recent spate of attacks along on the coast of the Carolinas: It’s mainly because so many people are getting in the water. Six

The Buzz | President admits fixing 5 Serie B matches

The president of Catania has admitted to fixing five Serie B matches aimed at preventing the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division. Antonino Pulvirenti also claimed to have

Transgender swimmer at Harvard believed to be a 1st

Schuyler Bailar was a star recruit for the women’s swimming team at Harvard University, a tough competitor with a shot at winning titles. But Bailar is opting to forgo such

World Briefs

CHINA’s ruling Communist Party recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year amid hopes that better-qualified candidates will expand its guiding role in Chinese society. CHINA-USA Chinese authorities have arrested

2 Uber executives ordered to stand trial in France

Two Uber France managers have been ordered to stand trial on behalf of the San Francisco-based company on charges including “deceptive commercial practices” and complicity in illegal activities linked to

France | Authorities link beheading, gas plant attack to Islamic State

French investigators have uncovered links between Islamic State militants and the man who hung his employer’s severed head at a gas plant he was attacking, a prosecutor said yesterday. The man,

Tunisia | President: New security system had been set for July 1

Thirty-eight tourists died in a gun attack just days before Tunisia planned to implement heightened security measures for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but those plans had not anticipated

Greece | Crunch time as IMF debt looms and bailout ends

It’s crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its international bailout expiring yesterday and with it any possible access to the remaining rescue loans that it needs to

This Day in History | 1997 Hong Kong handed over to Chinese control

The flag was presented to Mr Patten who was then driven off in his official Rolls Royce, before the car was handed over to Tung Chee-hwa, the territory’s Chief Executive. In

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