Offbeat | Next Google Maps adventure: Soaring through Amazon jungle

For its next technological trick, Google will show you what it’s like to zip through trees in the Amazon jungle. The images released yesterday are the latest addition to the diverse

THE BUZZ: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe celebrates 91st birthday

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe marked his 91st birthday by speaking for more than an hour on his feet Saturday, delivering a characteristically defiant speech in which he threatened to

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CHINA indicated Friday that it opposes a U.S.-drafted resolution that would open a path for U.N. sanctions against those blocking peace and promoting violence in South Sudan. China’s U.N. Ambassador

BLOOMBERG VIEWS: Xinjiang fertile ground for Islamic State recruiters

Three hundred Chinese citizens, members of the country’s Uighur ethnic group, have recently traveled to the Middle East to join Islamic State. Those Uighurs are part of a broader Muslim

Russia | Opposition gathers in Moscow to honor murdered Nemtsov

  Russia’s opposition gathered in Moscow for march that will be a test of its support two days after a key leader was gunned down near the Kremlin. Protesters began assembling yesterday

Venezuela | Gov’t to shrink US Embassy staff, require tourist visas 

Venezuela will shrink the size of the U.S. Embassy staff, limit the activities of U.S. diplomats and require American citizens to apply for visas if they want to come bask on

Egypt | Court declares Hamas a ‘terrorist organization’ 

An Egyptian court declared Hamas a “terrorist organization” on Saturday, further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by the country’s toppled Islamist-dominated government. The ruling is

This Day in History: 2000 Pinochet escapes torture trial charges

A Chilean Air Force jet took off from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire at 1315 GMT with the 84-year-old general on board. General Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998

Offbeat | 2 loose llamas lassoed after running amok in Arizona

Television footage showed a large white llama and a smaller black llama darting through the streets of Sun City during the lunch hour. Cars and golf carts stopped in their

Late, yes, but Mayweather-Pacquiao will deliver

Manny Pacquiao slept through the big announcement, secure in knowing that the fight was already made and the questions would finally stop. He campaigned for a shot with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Myanmar captures rare white elephant in western jungles

Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region, an official said yesterday. The 7-year-old female was captured Friday, six weeks after

THE BUZZ: German consumer groups warns Facebook over data protection

German consumer groups say they will file a lawsuit against Facebook unless the social network changes its terms of service. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations said yesterday it has sent

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AFGHANISTAN A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted a Turkish Embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital during yesterday morning’s rush hour, killing one Turkish soldier and wounding

ISIS MILITANTS | Muslim group: ‘Jihadi John’ resembles man who grew up in UK

  A British-accented militant who has appeared in beheading videos released by the Islamic State group in Syria bears “striking similarities” to a man who grew up in London, a Muslim

FRANCE | 3 Al-Jazeera journalists arrested for flying drone in Paris

Three Al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for illegally flying a drone in Paris Wednesday, after unidentified drones flew over the Eiffel Tower and key Paris landmarks for a second night running. It’s further baffled

SYRIA | Activists: Number of Christians abducted by IS rises to 220

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants have picked up dozens more Christian Assyrians from 11 communities near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province. The province,

This Day in History: 1999 Nigerians vote to break with military

On some street corners groups of exuberant young men shared bottles of palm wine, singing and chanting party slogans. In the cities of Lagos and Abuja, the turnout is reported

Offbeat | Bofa agrees to pay USD300m to settle Vegas casino suit

Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay USD300 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the bank improperly disbursed funds to a Las Vegas casino development that went bust following

The Buzz | Ooops! Vatican seeks to quell Mexican anger over pope’s drug remark

The Vatican sought yesterday to defuse a diplomatic tiff with Mexico after Pope Francis referred to the possible “Mexicanization” of his native Argentina from drug trafficking, the latest instance of

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CHINA’s manufacturing activity edged up to a four-month high in February although export orders decreased for the first time in nearly a year, in the latest sign of uncertainty for

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