This Day in History | 1944 – Celebrations as Rome is liberated

Rome is the first of the three Axis powers’ capitals to be taken and its recapture will be seen as a significant victory for the Allies and the American commanding

Offbeat | Israel army scraps punishment for soldier over pork sandwich

The Israeli military on Tuesday scrapped a punishment for a U.S.-born Israeli soldier who had caused a stink by violating the military’s kosher rules by eating a pork sandwich while

The Buzz | ‘Suffragette’ to open London Film Fest

Historical drama “Suffragette,” starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep as votes-for-women campaigners, will open this year’s London Film Festival. Organizers say the film’s European premiere will kick off the 59th annual

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JAPAN-PHILIPPINES The Philippine president is on his sixth visit to Japan in less than five years, signaling his country’s deepening ties with Tokyo amid increasing concerns by both sides about

Growing calls for Thai owners to address Leicester sex video

Four days after the video lit up social media, the English Premier League club’s owners in Thailand had yet to comment on it, despite mounting pressure to publicly reprimand their

Gov’t surveillance | Obama signs bill remaking NSA phone records program 

Congress approved sweeping changes Tuesday (yesterday, Macau time) to surveillance laws enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, eliminating the National Security Agency’s disputed bulk phone-records collection program affecting millions

USA | Terror suspect shot dead lunged at police officer, FBI agent 

Police said they have video showing a man who was under 24-hour surveillance by terrorism investigators lunging with a knife at a Boston police officer and an FBI agent before

Greece | Tsipras heads to Brussels to defend deal proposal 

Greece’s prime minister was heading to high-level meetings in Brussels yesterday to try to persuade the country’s creditors to accept a proposal that might unlock much-delayed bailout loans and save the

This Day in History | 1989 Massacre in Tiananmen Square

Tanks rumbled through the capital’s streets late on 3 June as the army moved into the square from several directions, randomly firing on unarmed protesters. The injured were rushed to hospital

Offbeat | UK theme park shut after roller coaster crash injures 4

The owners of Britain’s Alton Towers said yesterday that they don’t know when the amusement park will reopen after four people were seriously injured in a crash between two roller

The Buzz | Slaves who died in 1794 Cape Town shipwreck to be remembered

Amid rain and wind, South African and American researchers held a memorial service for slaves who died when the Portuguese ship that was carrying them into bondage sank while sailing

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MALAYSIA Two Malaysian boys whose father was a passenger on the jetliner that vanished last year secured an out-of-court settlement in the first legal case against Malaysia Airlines and the

South Africa park where lion killed American stays open

The South African wildlife park where a lion killed an American woman has remained open and is “operating as usual,” an official said yesterday. The park was open to tourists and

Canada | Judge awards billions to Quebec smokers

A judge has awarded more than $15 billion Canadian (USD12 billion) to Quebec smokers in a case that pitted them against three giant tobacco companies. The case is believed to

Greece | Athens submits draft bailout plan, creditors say not enough

Greece has submitted a proposal for an agreement with its bailout creditors, the prime minister said yesterday, as the country seeks a deal that will unlock desperately needed rescue money. Alexis Tspiras

Greece would join IMF’s hall of shame with missed debt payment

If cash-poor Greece fails to make any of its USD1.7 billion in loan repayments to the International Monetary Fund this month, starting with $334 million due Friday, the country will

This Day in History | 1957 Noel Coward comes home

He arrived at Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth liner dressed in a black tweed jacket with a white diamond pattern, dark trousers and a black and white check bow tie. He

Offbeat | Israeli military punishes soldier for eating a pork sandwich

A U.S.-born Israeli soldier is deep in the mud after pigging out during training. The military sentenced the soldier to 11 days in prison for eating a pork sandwich during a

The Buzz | Google tries to demystify privacy controls with new approach

Google is making its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an attempt to make the more than 1 billion users of its digital services feel more comfortable about

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S KOREA-CHINA South Korea and China signed a free trade deal that will remove tariffs on more than 90 percent of goods over two decades. BELGIUM Influential European Union nations France

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