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CHINA A semi-trailer truck rear-ended two sedans on a road in northwest China’s Qinghai Province yesterday, leaving seven people dead and five injured. The truck rear-ended a sedan and pushed

Israel | PM vows ‘zero tolerance’ for Jewish extremists after baby burned to death

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government will have “zero tolerance” for Jewish extremists. At his weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday, Netanyahu said Israel was united against “the criminals among our

Turkey | 2 soldiers dead, 24 wounded in PKK suicide attack

Kurdish rebels yesterday detonated an explosives-laden agricultural vehicle at a military police station in eastern Turkey, killing two soldiers and wounding 24 others, authorities said, amid a sharp escalation of

Egypt | Court postpones Al-Jazeera verdict again

An Egyptian court yesterday again postponed announcing a verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists, extending the long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates and human rights

Offbeat | Australian seated beside overweight passenger sues Etihad

Etihad Airways said Friday that it will continue to fight a lawsuit by a passenger who says he was left with back pain because he was seated beside an overweight

Nature | Obama to require steeper emissions cuts from US power plants

President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said yesterday, in what the president called the

Filthy Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics

The waters where Olympians will compete in swimming and boating events next summer in South America’s first games are rife with human sewage and present a serious health risk for

The Buzz | Mob Museum in Las Vegas to open FIFA exhibit

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is setting up an exhibit dedicated to the FIFA corruption scandal. The permanent display entitled “The ‘Beautiful Game’ Turns Ugly” will open at the National

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HONG KONG  Passengers on a Cathay Pacific flight to Los Angeles have spoken of their terror as the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at a military airport

Flight MH17 downing | Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on criminal tribunal

Russia on Wednesday (early yesterday, Macau time) vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia

Zimbabwe lion hunting | Minnesota man who killed Cecil keeps low profile amid outrage

A Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known, protected lion while on a hunt in Zimbabwe has advised his patients to seek care elsewhere since becoming a target of outrage from

This Day in History | 1962 – Violence flares at Mosley rally

He and members of his anti-Semitic Blackshirt group were punched to the ground as soon as his meeting opened at Ridley Road, Dalston. Police were forced to close the meeting within

Owl with an attitude wins face-off with deputy

Deputy Sophie Berman came across the raptor on a dirt road this week as Berman patrolled an area near a campground west of Boulder. Berman crouched down to take video of

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USA-CHINA A judge has dismissed charges against the wife of a Chinese billionaire accused of taking part in a scheme to steal trade secrets from U.S. corn companies. The order

France | Calais migrants: 2nd night of mass attempts to reach England

Migrants rushed the tunnel linking France and England repeatedly for a second night yesterday and one man was crushed by a truck in the chaos, deepening tensions surrounding the thousands

Israel | PM OKs settlement building amid standoff with settlers

The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said yesterday it has approved the “immediate construction” of 300 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beit El and has advanced plans for

Zimbabwe | Men linked to illegal hunt of Cecil the lion appear in court

Two men arrested for illegally hunting a protected lion were in court yesterday in Zimbabwe to face poaching charges. The Zimbabwean men — a professional hunter and a farm owner —

This Day in History: 1974 – Peace deal for Cyprus

After five days of talks in Geneva, Constantine Karamanlis of Greece, Bulent Ecevit of Turkey and James Callaghan of the UK have agreed a deal to end weeks of fighting

Offbeat | US: Fugitive’s role in horror film leads to his arrest

A fugitive has been arrested after federal agents saw his photo in a Washington state newspaper that ran a story about a low-budget horror movie. The News Tribune reports (bit.ly/1JqhmOs) that

The Buzz | US consumer confidence falls to lowest level since September

U.S. consumer confidence fell this month to the lowest level since September. Consumers are worried about the job market and rattled by events in Greece and China. The Conference Board said

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