Offbeat | Escaped emu turns motorists’ heads running on Israel roadway

In the central Israeli town of Herzliya near Tel Aviv, an escaped emu ran through traffic Sunday on a main road between cars in the rain. Local authorities say the

World briefs

TAIWAN Former President Chen Shui-bian was granted a one-month medical parole yesterday for treatment of neural degeneration, more than four years into his 20-year prison sentence for corruption. More on

Las Vegas airport preps for tech-savvy travelers

While the gadgets of the future are only just arriving in Las Vegas for the annual International CES show, officials at the city’s main airport are updating a decades-old terminal

Analysis | Mexico scandals expose government without answers

  As he heads to Washington to meet with Barack Obama, Enrique Pena Nieto leaves behind a year that was hardly what he had envisioned. The Mexican president and his team started

This Day in History: 1977 EMI fires Sex Pistols

In a statement, the company said: “EMI feels it is unable to promote this group’s records in view of the adverse publicity generated over the past two months.” The move follows

Offbeat | At med school, ‘Seinfeld’ about more than nothing

“Seinfeld” may have been a show about nothing, but a psychiatry professor is using it for much more than that. Medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New

World briefs

CHINA A senior Chinese diplomat has been removed from his position and is being investigated for an unspecified disciplinary violation. A two-sentence statement from the Foreign Ministry did not offer

THE BUZZ: ‘Goodbye to Language’ top pick of NYC film critics

The National Society of Film Critics has chosen the 3-D movie “Goodbye to Language” as the best picture of 2014 in their 49th annual awards meeting in New York City. Society

USA | Officers salute police boss, mayor at wake for slain officer

  Mayor Bill de Blasio drew salutes from some officers at the wake for a second slain New York Police Department officer after the city’s police commissioner urged his ranks to

Obama looks past Republicans in promoting his 2015 agenda

Obama is expected back in Washington today. His approach for the new year appears to look straight past newly emboldened Republicans who take full control of Congress tomorrow. Fresh from a two-week

This Day in History | 1985 – Israel ends major Ethiopian rescue mission

Operation Moses, which has been taking place in secret since 21 November 1984, has been suspended since news of the covert airlift became public. Press leaks have forced the Israeli Government

Offbeat | Famous Southern California white cobra gets name: Adhira

The San Diego Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times that the cobra will be called Adhira, which in Hindi means “lightning.” The Times says Adhira came in first in an online

2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere

Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks

Las Vegas betting on chance of New Year’s Eve snow

  If Sin City’s sports books took bets on the weather, snow in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve would normally have terrible odds. It might pay out this year, though,

World briefs

CHINA The president has called for the Communist Party’s leadership over the country’s universities to be enhanced in a continuing tightening of ideological controls across a wide range of society.

USA | 2 gunmen open fire on Los Angeles police car

  Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back,

This Day in History: 1964 Campbell speeds to double record

He reached an average speed of 276.33mph (444.71km/h) in his speedboat, Bluebird, this afternoon on Lake Dumbleyung in Perth, Western Australia. The feat shatters his previous world record of 260.35mph (418.99km/h)

Offbeat | Monkey gives first aid to electrocuted friend

Onlookers at a train station in northern India watched in awe as a monkey came to the rescue of an injured friend — resuscitating another monkey that had been electrocuted

2014 Year in Review

JANUARY • Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, who became affectionately known as the Black Panther, died aged 71. He was known for his athletic prowess and clinical finishing that made him one

THE BUZZ: Shenzhen restricts car purchases to ease congestion

Authorities in Shenzhen announced a car purchasing restriction requiring prospective buyers to acquire new car plates by lottery or auction yesterday. Starting from 6 p.m. yesterday, 100,000 new vehicle plates will

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