Flying cars, robot petting zoo: It’s South by Southwest time

  Flying cars and a robot petting zoo. Mobile wallets and net neutrality. The most outlandish ideas of the future and tech trends shaping the world today will be in focus

Russia | Nemtsov suspect tortured, forced to confess, activist says 

The main suspect in Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s killing has signs of torture on his body and was forced to confess to the shooting, a human rights activist said

USA | Clinton trying to put emails to rest and prepare for 2016

Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to get the rollout of her likely presidential campaign back on track by admitting she should have used a government email address while serving as the nation’s top

France | Jewel heist on highway triggers manhunt for attackers 

About 15 armed assailants attacked two vans carrying millions of euros worth of jewels on a French highway yesterday, forced out the drivers and sped away, according to police. Gendarmes and

This Day in History: 1964 Hoffa faces eight years behind bars

James Hoffa has also been fined $10,000 (£3,570) for trying to bribe a Federal Court jury which was hearing a conspiracy charge against him in 1962. He was accused of attempting

Offbeat | Best-laid Plagnes of skiers in France can go badly wrong

When a local Belgian radio station took several busloads of youngsters to go skiing, passengers on one bus were surprised to wake among southern French vineyards close to Spain. There

The Buzz | Schoolteacher probed over taping of children’s mouths

Education authorities in southwestern Poland are looking into allegations that a primary school teacher taped small children’s mouths shut to silence them. A suspicious mother secretly recorded the teacher’s classes.

World briefs

CHINA’s inflation rebounded to above 1 percent in February, driven by a faster rise in food costs. SOUTH KOREA U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was set to be released yesterday after five

‘Simpsons’ co-creator, philanthropist Sam Simon dies at 59

Sam Simon, a co-creator of “The Simpsons” and animal-rights advocate who made a midlife career shift into philanthropy and channeled much of his personal fortune into social causes, has died. Simon

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | Banned Indian rape documentary debuts in US; Streep attends

A rape documentary banned from airing in India received its U.S. premiere at a star-studded event that included actresses Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto. The screening of “India’s Daughter” at Baruch College began Monday

Egypt | Cairo’s Mother Theresa serves children of slums

In a slum inhabited by Cairo’s legions of informal garbage collectors, children in tattered sandals walk down muddy, trash-strewn alleys to get to Mama Maggie’s community center, where their feet

Ivory Coast | Former 1st lady gets 20 years’ jail for violence

Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a

This Day in History: 2004 Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains

Early reports say that two bombs exploded on one intercity train as it pulled into Atocha station at 0730 local time. Blasts were also believed to have taken place on

Offbeat | California care home operators face abuse charges

Owners of a Northern California care home accused of abandoning patients in a case that garnered national attention were charged Monday with elder abuse. California Attorney General Kamala Harris charged owner

The Buzz | US: Jury weighs murder charge in buttocks-enhancement death

A jury is weighing murder charges in the death of a 20-year-old London dancer who got silicone injections at a hotel to enhance her buttocks. Defendant Padge-Victoria Windslowe says she performed

World briefs

S KOREA’s president visited injured U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert amid an outpouring of public sympathy and support for the envoy who is recovering from an attack by a knife-wielding man.

Dog feared poisoned at famous Crufts show, owners devastated

Three-year-old Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died Friday, shortly after returning to Belgium following an appearance at the world-famous Crufts dog show in the central English city of Birmingham last

UAE | Solar-powered plane takes off for flight around the world

A Swiss solar-powered plane took off from Abu Dhabi early yesterday, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse founder

ISLAMIC EXTREMISM | Chad and Niger troops move to attack Boko Haram

Forces from Chad and Niger opened a new front in the regional military fight against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as army vehicles full of soldiers crossed the border into northeast

This Day in History: 1988 Avalanche hits royal ski party

The Prince of Wales has narrowly avoided death on the ski slopes of Switzerland in an avalanche that killed one of his closest friends. Major Hugh Lindsay, former equerry to the

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