Category: International
Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks
BEIJING – A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing’s wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media…
Belmoktar claims responsibility for Niger attack
By DALATOU MAMANE and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI NIAMEY, Niger – Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another…
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
By JON GAMBRELL OGIDI, Nigeria – Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria’s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On…
Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
By ZEINA KARAM BEIRUT – Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the…
Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV MOSCOW – Russia’s top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons. The statement…
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO – Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant’s operator is struggling to find…
Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
LONDON – A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the…
Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
By PAMELA SAMPSON BANGKOK – Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in…
UK emergency committee meets after attack
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and PAISLEY DODDS LONDON – The British government’s emergency committee is set to meet Thursday after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in…
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA KATMANDU, Nepal – An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday – although his record may last only…
