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

Intimate expenses | Pentagon credit cards used at casinos, adult clubs

An audit found that military and civilian personnel used the cards, intended for authorized government travel, to charge USD952,258 at casinos and $96,576 at adult clubs in the year that

Migration | EU urges solidarity on refugee wave, plans to enforce rules

Prince Charles’ secret letters to government officials are set to be released to the public after a long court battle. The 27 contested letters have been called the “black spider”

USA | After train derails, killing 6, investigators seek why

Daylight revealed mangled train cars yesterday after an Amtrak passenger train derailed and overturned in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others, some of whom had

Burundi | Army general says president is ousted

An army general said on a private radio station in Burundi yesterday that President Pierre Nkurunziza’s mandate is over, however whether he had the support of the military was unclear as gunfire echoed in

This Day in History: 1957 Cheers as petrol rationing ended

There were loud cheers in the House of Commons when the Paymaster General Reginald Maudling made the announcement that restrictions had been lifted because stocks were “at a satisfactory level”. Rationing

Offbeat: Stockholm transit boss fined for shoplifting in Hong Kong

The chief executive of Stockholm’s public transit company has been caught shoplifting at Hong Kong’s international airport. Swedish public radio says Anders Lindstrom yesterday was fined the equivalent of 5,000 Swedish kronor

THE BUZZ | Tickets for Euro 2016 in France starting at 25 euros

In tough economic times across Europe, the cheapest tickets for the 2016 European Championship will be sold for 25 euros (USD28). About 250,000 tickets for 43 of the 51 matches will

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HONG KONG Support for China-backed legislation to overhaul Hong Kong’s next chief executive election has slipped 4 percentage points as officials head into a third week of campaigning for public

American Crime Story | John Travolta helps recreate the O.J. Simpson trial for FX

Like many people, John Travolta remembers where he was when O.J. Simpson was riding in a white Ford Bronco in that infamous slow-speed pursuit in 1994 before he surrendered to

Environment | Shell clears major US government hurdle for Arctic drilling 

  Royal Dutch Shell’s­ Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas off Alaska’s northwestern coast this summer. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Monday

Art | Picasso painting sells for USD179.4m setting auction record

Pablo Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘‘O’’)” sold for USD179.4 million, setting a record for any artwork sold at auction. The price for the painting, sold Monday at Christie’s in

Russia | Kerry to meet Putin amid Ukraine, Syria tensions 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Kerry laid a wreath at

UK | Osborne spells out mandate on EU referendum

Emboldened by his party’s election triumph, Britain’s finance minister said yesterday his government has a “very clear mandate” to change the terms of the country’s membership in the European Union

This Day in History: 1981 Thousands see Pope shot in Rome

Surgeons have performed a five-hour operation and say they hope he will make a full recovery. At about 1715 local time, the Pope was being driven in his Popemobile through a

Offbeat: 700 cannabis plants found next to Berlin subway station

It wasn’t the world’s best-hidden marijuana plantation. Berlin police say they were were called to a subway station this week by a street cleaner who reported finding “numerous small plants that

The Buzz | Prince Harry: I’d like to have children soon

Prince Harry has admitted that watching his brother Prince William’s family grow is making him wish he had a family of his own. Harry told Sky News during a New Zealand

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HONG KONG A car crash involving three vehicles in Deep Water Bay, South District of Hong Kong left 53 people injured yesterday, local media reported. The accident took place on

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