The Buzz | US: ‘Cabaret’ tour to start in Rhode Island early in 2016

Willkommen to the road. The Roundabout Theatre Company said yesterday its touring Broadway production of “Cabaret” will start next year in Providence, Rhode Island. No casting was announced. After kicking off

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CHINA rejects growing international calls for the release of five women’s rights activists and accuses critics of violating the country’s judicial sovereignty by appealing for the women’s freedom. THAILAND A tour

‘Stand by Me’ among 25 records being preserved at US library

Twenty-five sound recordings spanning from 1890 to 1999 were added yesterday to the library’s National Recording Registry. Each year the library chooses recordings that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” Some

Italy | High court deciding fate of ‘very worried’ Amanda Knox 

Italy’s high court took up the appeal of Amanda Knox’s murder conviction yesterday, considering the fate of the “very worried” American and her Italian former boyfriend in the brutal 2007

Yemen | President flees his house in Aden as rebels near 

Yemen’s embattled president fled his palace in Aden for an undisclosed location yesterday as Shiite rebels offered cash bounty for his capture and arrested his defense minister. President Abed Rabbo Mansour

Death Penalty | Utah’s adoption of firing squads bucks global trend

Utah’s decision to reintroduce the firing squad as an execution method if lethal injections drugs are unavailable bucks an international trend. Utah’s governor has signed a law that makes his state

Germanwings tragedy | France cracks open plane’s black box, seals off crash site 

French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner yesterday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane slammed

This Day in History: 1981 ‘Gang of four’ launches new party

At a crowded press conference in London, signalling the start of a massive media campaign to recruit supporters, the party outlined its hopes of breaking the political mould and of

Offbeat: Crowd-funding campaign launched for ‘Super Troopers’ sequel

The comedy troupe behind the cult hit film “Super Troopers” has launched a crowd-funding campaign to help bankroll a sequel. Broken Lizard made the 2001 police comedy and on Tuesday asked

The Buzz | Russia to resume space tourism in 2018

Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts. Russia had sent seven paying guests to the International Space

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CHINA’s manufacturing fell to the lowest level in nearly a year as new orders shrank, according to a report that underscored the weakening outlook for the world’s second biggest economy.

Tube war | Are you willing to pay to watch video clips online?

Would you pay to see some of the Internet’s best video clips first? Vessel, a new service trying to change the way that short video pieces make money on the

Aviation | Jet crashes in Alps with 150 aboard; no survivors expected 

A passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed yesterday in the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. As search-and-rescue teams struggled to get to the remote, snow-covered region,

This Day in History: 1975 National Front rallies against Europe

Beating drums and chanting “we’re going to get the reds”, National Front members marched through Islington waving placards. Extra police were drafted in amid fears violence may flare as on previous

Offbeat: Canadian set to plead guilty in Florida sex tourism case

A Canadian man is scheduled to plead guilty to charges he traveled to Florida to have sex with someone investigators say he believed was an underage boy and also planned

The Buzz | Paris alternates traffic to reduce choking smog levels

Paris authorities have put in place 24-hour emergency measures to limit traffic after record levels of pollution in the French capital. Yesterday, all cars with number plates that end with an

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CHINA’s biggest state-owned chemical company announces plans to acquire Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli, adding to a string of high-profile Chinese corporate purchases in Europe. CHINA The flag carriers of New Zealand

Czechs deploy wild horses from Britain to save biodiversity

A herd of 14 wild mares from Britain’s Exmoor National Park were moved in January to the former Milovice military base, 35 kilometers northeast of Prague, the Czech capital. After an

Greek bailout | Tsipras on first trip to Germany amid tense relations

Alexis Tsipras is visiting Germany for the first time since becoming Greece’s prime minister, meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday as his debt-ridden country and its key creditor seek to halt

USA | Texas Republican Cruz tweets: He’s running for president

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the Republican Party’s most conservative members, announced early yesterday he is running for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, making him the first among what is

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