Thousands on alert as Cyclone Debbie bears down on Australia
SYDNEY – Thousands of Australians are being urged to evacuate from coastal communities in the path of a powerful cyclone o, as the storm bore down on the nation’s northeast. Cyclone…
UK manufacturers urge PM May to drop threat of no Brexit deal
LONDON – Britain’s manufacturers have told Prime Minister Theresa May to drop her threat that she might take the country out of the European Union without a new trade deal,…
Nearly 1,200 migrants picked up off Libya, heading to Italy
ROME – Humanitarian ships have rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said.…
Gunfire in crowded Ohio nightclub kills one, wounds 15
CINCINNATI – Gunfire has erupted inside a packed nightclub in Cincinnati,Ohio, early Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring 15 others, as an apparent argument that may have started earlier…
Chinese authorities block Sydney academic from boarding flight home
BEIJING/SYDNEY – Chinese authorities have blocked an Australia-based academic from boarding a flight home, Australia said on Sunday, after what sources said was repeated interrogation over his links to liberal…
Vietnamese detainee dies in Japan’s immigration centre – sources
TOKYO – A Vietnamese man held in a Japanese immigration detention centre died on Saturday, six people told Reuters, drawing fresh attention to conditions in the country’s detention system. The…
Britain’s anti-EU UKIP party loses its only lawmaker
LONDON – Britain’s UKIP party, widely credited as having been a major factor behind the country’s decision to leave the European Union, has lost its only lawmaker when Douglas Carswell…
Lights go out around the world for 10th Earth Hour
The lights are being switched off around the world at 8.30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. The…
Harrison Ford called himself a ‘schmuck’ after plane incident
LOS ANGELES – Harrison Ford is heard calling himself a “schmuck” in an audio recording released on Friday of his exchange with an air traffic controller following a February incident…
EU risks dying, needs new vigour and passion, says Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has told Europe’s leaders the continent faced a “vacuum of values” as they marked the EU’s 60th birthday, condemning anti-immigrant populism and extremism that he…
