USA | Ex-guards sentenced for Iraq shootings

Defense lawyers are vowing to appeal the convictions of four former Blackwater security guards after a federal judge handed down lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting

This Day in History: 1986 – US launches air strikes on Libya

Around 66 American jets, some of them flying from British bases launched an attack at around 0100hrs on Monday. The White House spokesman, Larry Speakes, has said that the strike was

Offbeat: Manufacturing firm seeks to build world’s largest surfboard

WPRO-AM reports that Bristol-based mouldCAM is building the board for the Visit Huntington Beach campaign in California, which hopes to break the world record for the most people to catch

The Buzz | Pole challenges anti-immigration UK politician to a duel

An aristocratic Pole has challenged an anti-immigration British politician to a duel. Jan Zylinski, who calls himself a prince, says he’s tired of U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage criticizing eastern

World briefs

CHINA Beijing police have arrested two drivers whose supercars collided during a late-night drag race, in the latest scandal to strike the much-reviled offspring of China’s newly rich. The arrests

Mick Jagger to other bands: Make every show count

The only goal The Rolling Stones have left in their career to rock on till the wheels fall off. “The only goal left is to see how far we can run

Germany | Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at age 87 

Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer who gave voice to the generation that came of age during the horrors of the Nazi era but later ran into controversy over his own World

Brazil | Nationwide protests seek ouster of president

Nationwide demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff swept Brazil for the second day in less than a month, though turnout at Sunday’s (yesterday in Macau) protests appeared down,

USA | New candidate Clinton heads to Iowa in a van called Scooby

Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the road as she starts her 2016 presidential campaign — quite literally. The former secretary of state announced her candidacy Sunday and left on a roughly

This Day in History | 1970 – Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13

The explosion happened in the fuel cells of the spacecraft’s service module approximately 56 hours after lift-off. This resulted in the loss of Apollo 13’s main power supply which means oxygen

Offbeat | French ‘Spiderman’ scales Dubai skyscraper

A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-storey high Cayan Tower in

The Buzz: Education consultant convicted of cheating HK couple

An educational consultant who accepted more than USD2 million from a Hong Kong couple then failed to a deliver on his promise to get their sons into Ivy League universities has

A toddler disc jockey fascinates South African fans

At first it seems like a fluke — a 2-year-old playing with the knobs and buttons of a sophisticated music system. Yet, the tiny boy is in control of the

World Briefs

TIBET A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations in recent years by Tibetans

USA | Clinton campaign to focus on economic security, opportunity 

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign will center on boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, while casting the former senator and secretary of state

Vatican City | Pope calls Armenian slaughter ‘1st genocide of 20th century’ 

Pope Francis yesterday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it

This Day in History | 1964 – Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win

In the film, released last year, he played construction worker Homer Smith whom a group of nuns believe was sent to them by God to build their church. The only other

Nature | Air pollution Paris in spring means carry a mask along with your umbrella

Set aside any romantic notions of Paris in the spring. Visitors to the French capital are facing the choice of using an umbrella or wearing a mask. Paris is suffering under

The Buzz | US Embassy guard in Qatar assaulted, attacker in custody

The U.S. State Department says an embassy guard in Qatar has been lightly wounded in an assault. In a statement it says that the guard received “superficial injuries” from the assault

World briefs

CHINA A city government in Guangdong has revoked approval of a planned waste incinerator in response to protests, in the latest case of local authorities bowing to a public outcry

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