Sterling fell modestly as trading resumed Monday following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest failure to break the Brexit deadlock, with forex markets shrugging off a weekend of drama in the British parliament. The currency was down 0.55 percent to US$1.2913 at around 0000GMT, holding relatively steady for […]
Departing European Central Bank president Mario Draghi will leave a conflicting legacy after chairing his final governing council meeting on Thursday, credited with saving the euro but dividing the institution with his easy-money policy. The gathering “is unlikely to be the good-natured celebration of his achievements that he […]
The violent protests that have swept Catalonia over the jailing of nine separatist leaders have involved veteran anarchists and youthful troublemakers as well as outraged separatists, some of whom became radicalised only recently. “I am 24, have a masters and a job and I never imagined myself setting […]
Evo Morales, seeking a controversial fourth term, led Bolivia’s presidential election race Sunday but faces a historic second round run-off against opposition rival Carlos Mesa, partial results showed. Morales had 45 percent of the vote to Mesa’s 38 percent, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced, with most of the […]
A defiant British government has doubled down, insisting it will leave the European Union in 11 days despite parliament’s forcing a reluctant prime minister to request another delay. On a day of high drama on Saturday, MPs in the House of Commons passed up the chance to decide […]
From shades of startling red to hues of vivid tangerine, brightly coloured beards have become a fashion statement on the streets of Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Facial hair of sunset tones is now the go-to look for older men wanting to take off the years, with an array of […]
NEW ORLEANS — Thundering explosions toppled two cranes Sunday that had loomed precariously for days over a partially collapsed hotel in New Orleans, in what city officials hailed as a success and said efforts now would focus on retrieving two bodies still inside the ruined building. The fiery […]
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway. Vulcan Inc.’s director of undersea operations Rob Kraft and Naval History and […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Witnesses have gathered in a small city in upstate New York over the past three weeks to testify in the trial of a man accused of strangling a young nursing student. But there is no jury, no American judge and the man accused is seated […]
HONG KONG — Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain pro-democracy demonstrations in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The city’s leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and its police chief visited the Kowloon […]
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