The Buzz | Australia: Melbourne Victory win A-League title

Albanian striker Besart Berisha added to his team-leading goal total in the biggest match of the season, helping the Melbourne Victory to a 3-0 win over Sydney FC in the

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SOUTH KOREA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in South Korea where he will be discussing security issues amid fresh fears of North Korean belligerence and delivering a speech

Egypt | Ousted President Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced the country’s first freely elected leader, ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, to death over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that eventually

VATICAN CITY | Pope canonizes 2 saints from 19th century Palestine

Pope Francis canonized two nuns from what was 19th century Palestine yesterday in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing a wave of persecution from Islamic extremists. Sisters

Burundi | President makes first appearance since failed coup

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has made his first appearance in the capital since the attempted coup against his government last week. Nkurunziza appeared before journalists at his presidential palace in Bujumbura

Syria | ISIS head of oil operations killed in secret US raid

In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State’s head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman

USA | Jury orders death for the Boston Marathon bomber

A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical

This Day in History | 1964 – Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots

Yesterday two youths were taken to hospital with knife wounds and 51 were arrested in Margate after hundreds of teenagers converged on the town for the holiday weekend. Dr George Simpson,

Offbeat | South African cyclist hits dead buffalo in city suburb

Cyclists in South Africa’s biggest city usually worry about getting hit by vehicles. But one cyclist rode into an unexpected obstacle in Johannesburg’s suburbs: a dead buffalo. Andrew McLean said last

GAMING HISTORY | Everything must go! Doomed Vegas casino has liquidation sale

Whether it’s a brass letter “R,” a baby grand piano or a hotel ice machine you desire, it’s all there inside the Riviera — for a price. The Las Vegas Strip

Climate change | Anti-Arctic drilling activists hold ‘Shell No’ protest

Hundreds of activists decked out in neoprene wetsuits and life jackets took to the water off Seattle in kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and other vessels to send the message that Royal

10 pieces of art sold this month for almost USD800m | Wynn hits jackpot with a Picasso sold for 67.4 million

The art market is on such a tear even the insiders are scratching their heads. Since New York’s spring sales started last week, at least USD2.1 billion of art has

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JAPAN research Honda Motor Co. is recalling an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals

USA | Investigators: Train in deadly wreck was sp Emergency personnel walk near the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia eeding

The Amtrak passenger train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at 170 kph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the

US House passes bill to end NSA bulk collection of phone records

The House of Representatives voted by a wide margin Wednesday (early yesterday in Macau) to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, setting the stage for

Burundi | Rival army generals claim control as gunfire continues

Sporadic gunfire rang out in Burundi’s capital yesterday, the day after an army general announced he had ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose decision to seek a third term in office had provoked

This Day in History: 1954 Queen returns after lengthy voyage

Thousands flocked to the banks of the River Thames to see the Royal Yacht Britannia bringing the Queen home. Ships’ sirens and factory hooters welcomed the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh

Offbeat | Swedish peace group launches gay sonar against Russian subs

In a publicity stunt dubbed “Operation The Singing Sailor,” the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society placed a sonar device in the Stockholm archipelago sending out a Morse code message saying

The Buzz | Dutch court clears man who helped his 99-year-old mother die

Dutch appeals court has cleared a man of any criminal responsibility for helping his 99-year- old mother take her own life — a case that aimed to create precedents for assisting

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CHINA  Apple CEO Tim Cook met with a top Chinese official in Beijing while touring a country that has become the tech giant’s biggest driver of sales growth, state media

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