Vast majority of Venezuelans reject plan for new constitution: poll
CARACAS – President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution is opposed by 85 percent of Venezuelans, according to a survey by polling company Datanalisis carried out as protests calling…
UK’s May isolated ahead of Brexit talks as key aides quit
LONDON/BELFAST – Prime Minister Theresa May has appeared increasingly isolated after a botched election gamble that left her severely weakened and plunged Britain into a political crisis, days before the…
Adam West, TV’s campy Batman in 1960s series, dies at age 88
Adam West, who earned a place in American pop culture history with his campy portrayal of the title character in the classic 1960s TV series “Batman,” has died at age…
Protesters urge HK restaurant to stop selling shark fin
HONG KONG – Protesters wearing shark costumes with the fins cut off have surrounded a famous restaurant beside the Hong Kong harbour, to demand it halt sales of shark fins,…
Taylor Swift returns to streaming as rival Katy Perry releases album
LOS ANGELES – Taylor Swift has gotten back together with Spotify, returning her music to streaming services almost three years after complaining publicly they did not pay artists enough, and…
May announces minority government after UK election debacle on eve of Brexit talks
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a minority government she said would be backed by a small Northern Irish party after she lost an election gamble days…
Polio outbreak in Syria poses vaccination dilemma for WHO
GENEVA – Vaccinating too few children in Syria against polio because the six-year-old war there makes it difficult to reach them risks causing more cases in the future, the World…
Thousands march in Israel’s gay pride parade
TEL AVIV – Tens of thousands of rainbow flag-toting revellers have attended the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parade in Tel Aviv, billed as the largest of its kind in…
Chelsea Manning thanks Obama in first TV interview after release
Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified data, has tearfully thanked former President Barack Obama for granting her clemency. In excerpts…
Myanmar cremates some of 31 bodies retrieved in missing plane disaster
Myanmar has cremated ten of the 31 bodies pulled from the waters off its southern coast as the hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea…
