Nepal says climbers returning to climb Mount Everest

Climbers are returning to Mount Everest as the climbing industry recovers from last year’s deadly disaster on the world’s highest peak, a Nepalese mountaineering official said yesterday. Climbers from four teams

Aviation | Emirates, Etihad planes involved in air traffic scare

Jetliners from the United Arab Emirates' two main airlines avoided a possible mid-air collision after they got too close to each other over the Indian Ocean earlier this week. The incident

Germanwings tragedy | Lufthansa: Co-pilot disclosed earlier “severe depression”

Lufthansa knew that the co-pilot of the passenger plane that crashed in the French Alps last week had suffered from an episode of "severe depression" before he finished his flight

Mexico | At least 4 killed in clash between vigilante groups

A clash between two vigilante "self-defense" groups in the troubled Mexican state of Guerrero killed at least four people and dozens more were taken prisoner by each side, a leader

This Day in History: 1977 Hat trick for Red Rum

The steeple chaser won the race in 1973 and 1974 and came home second in the following two years. Before the race concern was expressed that at 12 the horse was

Offbeat: New research says Anne Frank likely died a month earlier

Teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank likely died of typhus in a Nazi concentration camp about a month earlier than previously thought, the Amsterdam museum that honors her memory said Tuesday,

World Briefs

SOUTH CHINA Sea China is “creating a great wall of sand” through land reclamation in the South China Sea, causing serious concerns about its territorial intentions, the commander of the

Yemen | Saudi-led forces strike rebels, blockade ports

Saudi-led naval forces imposed a blockade on Yemen’s ports as coalition airstrikes repelled an advance on the southern port city of Aden by Shiite rebels and forces loyal to a

USA | 1 dead after car tries to ram Fort Meade gate

Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stop yesterday (Macau time) at the National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade and then smashed into a police vehicle

This Day in History: 1999 Britain gets first minimum wage

From today all adults must be paid at least £3.60 an hour and workers under the age of 22 must get no less than £3 an hour. A government body has

Offbeat: 4-year-old girl rides US bus searching for 3 a.m. snack

A four-year-old Philadelphia girl has been returned safely to her parents after slipping out of her house at 3 a.m. and getting on a transit bus in search of a

The Buzz: Wild rhino enters Nepal city, killing 1 and injuring several

A wild rhino has entered a city in southern Nepal, killing a woman and injuring several other people. Government administrator Ram Prasad Thapaliya says the rhino entered Hetauda yesterday, terrorizing

Media | Killing of journalists should be a war crime

The president and CEO of The Associated Press called yesterday for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists or take them hostage. Gary Pruitt

World Briefs

CHINA The U.S. stood firm on rejecting membership in a new China-led infrastructure bank, citing concerns it will fall short of international standards even as the rest of the world’s

Germanwings Tragedy | Prosecutors: Co-pilot treated for suicidal tendencies

  The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 that crashed into the French Alps last week had received treatment for suicidal tendencies several years ago, prosecutors said yesterday. Duesseldorf prosecutors say co-pilot Andreas

3 generations, all named Emma, die in France crash

From a lush suburban valley near bustling Barcelona, three generations of a well-heeled family set off last week for a fun trip to Manchester, England: 12-year-­old Emma Solera Pardo, her

Nigeria | US, UK: Signs of political interference in election

The United States and Britain said yesterday here are signs that the vote counting for Nigeria's presidential election may be subverted by "deliberate political interference." A joint statement says the countries

This Day in History: 1953 Queen Mary laid to rest in Windsor

The former Queen’s body was brought by car from London to Windsor in the early hours of this morning. It had lain-in-state at Westminster Hall from 29 to 30 March

Offbeat: Grandma is a centerfold: Rest home bares all for calendar

Miss March, who’s 88, wears a green top hat and not much else in the calendar from Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living, and the centerfolds are two women in their 90s

World briefs

CHINA A flood in a shale mine in central China has left six miners dead, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua said the shale mine flooded Monday night, but the weekend report

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