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
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
The Exxon Valdez got into trouble in Prince William Sound when it hit Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing oil, with reports of an eight-mile (12.8km) slick. High winds
Now you see it, now you don’t. The water in magician David Copperfield’s rooftop pool vanished — and flooded his penthouse apartment as well as multiple floors of his New York
For hamburger aficionados who want the smell even when they can’t get a bite, Burger King is putting the scent into a limited-edition fragrance. Burger King said Friday that the
SINGAPORE As the health of the founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visit his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts
With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top U.S and Iranian officials spoke Saturday of substantial headway, and Iran’s president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America’s top diplomat said
Shiite rebels backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized Yemen’s third largest city of Taiz and its airport yesterday, security and military officials said, as thousands took
Defense analysts have described it as the first major attempt to move away from the 30 year-old Cold War strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) - where the threat of
These aren’t your typical kittens. A family in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah has bought two lion cubs from a local zoo, keeping these unusual pets in their home. The
Nicole Kidman looks very relaxed in Etihad Airways’ new advertisements, as she floats gently down on to a bed in its three-room Residence first-class cabin - a mere USD20,000 to
Kailash Satyarthi the Indian Nobel laureate who has spent a lifetime battling child labor, arrives for our early afternoon meeting. “You reached here before me,” he says apologetically, stepping into
For investors with dollars, the dream of a condominium by Rio de Janeiro’s most famous beaches is suddenly within reach, just in time for the Olympic Games. A 467-square-meter four-bedroom apartment
Volvo Ocean Race crews are speeding through the Southern Ocean toward Cape Horn in the fifth leg yesterday after organizers guided them clear of a 1-kilometre wide iceberg that was
“This man presents an image of our nation abroad,” said Wouter Van Bellingen, head of the Minorities Forum. “This in unacceptable.” Reynders said on his Facebook page that he likes “being
Honda is adding nearly 105,000 vehicles to its growing U.S. recall of driver’s side air bag inflators that can explode with too much force. The added vehicles include nearly 89,000 Pilot
CHINESE authorities have announced plans to boost the number of electric, hybrid and other alternative fuel-powered vehicles used for public transportation, while sales of such cars for private use have
One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to the intelligence services but no formal links to a particular extremist group have
Gunmen with automatic weapons stormed into a restaurant in Sweden’s second largest city, killing two people and wounding about a dozen in a shooting that police said was likely gang-related. Police said the
The Obama administration signaled on Wednesday it could take a tougher stance toward Benjamin Netanyahu following his decisive Israeli election victory and campaign tack to the right, saying there will
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