Nigeria | Suicide bomber kills 48 students

Disguised in a school uniform, a suicide bomber set off explosives hidden in a backpack during an assembly Monday at a high school in northern Nigeria, killing at least 48 students

USA | Slow-moving lava sets house ablaze in Hawaii town 

A stream of lava set a home on fire Monday (yesterday in Macau) in a rural Hawaii town that has been watching the slow-moving flow approach for months. The molten rock hit the

Mexico | Protests over likely massacre blockade Acapulco airport

Indignation over the apparent killings of 43 college students, blamed on a drug gang working with police and a mayor, led demonstrators to take to the streets and block the

this day in history: 1980 Saturn’s rings caught on film

Scientists have been delighted and overwhelmed by the stream of data that has flooded back from the planet 950 million miles (1530 million km) away from Earth. Voyager 1, launched in

Offbeat | James Earl Jones happy to receive Voice Icon Award

But according to the actor, there was a period when he didn’t do much speaking. As a child he suffered from a severe stutter, and went through a period where

The Buzz | McDonald’s key sales figure declines in October

McDonald’s Corp. says that a key global sales figure slipped 0.5 percent in October, with weakness in the U.S. and ongoing difficulties from a food-safety scandal in China weighing down

World briefs

CHINA Liaoning Province has started to use drones with remote sensing systems to battle air pollution, a local environment watchdog said yesterday. Since bad traffic and snowstorms disturb air quality

Organized crime | US meth users turning to cheaper Mexican-made drug

Seizures of homemade methamphetamine labs are down by nearly half in many Midwestern states, but use of the drug remains high as people increasingly turn to cheaper, imported Mexican meth. Meth

Diplomacy | In China, Obama tests global clout post-election

His influence at home quickly fading, President Barack Obama is looking east to China, the opening stop of a three-country tour that will test his ability to play a commanding role on

This Day In History: 2004 Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead

The man who led his people’s struggle for more than 40 years suffered multiple organ failure at 0330 local time (0230 GMT). He had been in a coma since 3 November

Offbeat | US woman celebrates 100th birthday with sky dive

Cunningham kissed her 7-month-old great-great-granddaughter before suiting up for her 100th birthday jump Saturday at Saratoga Skydiving in Gansevoort. It was her third jump, after taking up the sport at

The Buzz: Alex Marquez becomes Moto3 champion in Valencia

Alex Marquez won his first Moto3 world championship after finishing third in the season-ending race at the Valencia Grand Prix yesterday. Marc Marquez — Alex’s older brother — successfully defended

World briefs

YEMEN has sworn in a new government despite objections from the ruling party, led my former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and allied Shiite rebels who control the capital. Thirty ministers

Germany | Berlin marks 25 years since fall of the Wall

German Chancellor Angela Merkel led celebrations yesterday marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, calling it an example of the human yearning for freedom and honoring

Mexico | ‘Enough, I’m tired’ comment rallies protest

An off-the-cuff comment by the attorney general to cut off a news conference about the apparent killing of 43 missing college students has been taken up by protesters as a

US | airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq

The U.S.-led coalition conducted a series of airstrikes targeting a gathering of Islamic State leaders near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a senior U.S. defense official said Saturday. The

this day in history: 1960 Lady Chatterley’s Lover sold out

DH Lawrence’s sexually explicit novel was published in Italy in 1928 and in Paris the following year. It has been banned in the UK - until now. Last month, after

Offbeat | Canadian man offers free trip around the world

Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, named Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their relationship has ended and he doesn’t want her

Climate change inspires rise of ‘cli-fi’ flicks

The giant, inflatable whale in this Gulf Coast city signals not only the arrival of one of the world’s biggest documentary festivals, but also the emergence of film as a

The Buzz | Almada dance troupe draws thousands on China tour

An unprecedented 6,000 people in all attended four shows staged so far in China by the Companhia de Dança de Almada, one of Portugal’s handful of professional dance troupes, its

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