International
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Couple climb to top of Empire State Building for apparent proposal
The couple, wearing black with their faces covered, unfurled a banner on top of the 1,454-foot (443-meter) landmark that read “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.”
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Iran to Hold Talks with Qatar on Frozen Assets: Foreign Ministry
Iran will hold talks with mediator Qatar on Wednesday regarding its frozen assets, the Iranian foreign ministry said, denying that any meeting with the United States was planned in the Gulf state, where delegations from…
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Mexico set to auction land where drug kingpin El Mencho was killed
The Mexican government has announced the auction of a plot of land within the country club where drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” died during a clash with the army in February.
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Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 32, injure more than 700
The first quake, with an epicenter 21 kilometers (13 miles) west of the coastal town of Moron, occurred at 2204 GMT, USGS said. Within a minute, a 7.5-magnitude quake struck about 45 kilometers away.
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Slimy beans: Japanese natto disgusts and delights the world
Sticky, translucent strings dangle from Wesley Smith’s chopsticks as the American tourist relishes his natto, the loved-and-hated Japanese fermented soybean superfood going global one slimy mouthful at a time.
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Keiko Fujimori: Peru’s biggest political loser poised to win election
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori is a perennial political loser. She has run for the nation’s presidency three elections in a row — and three times, she has lost.
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France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak
France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.
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Andy Burnham favourite to take over as UK Prime Minister
UK leader Keir Starmer announced he was quitting Monday following months of pressure, with veteran Labour politician Andy Burnham the frontrunner to become the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade.
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UK’s Starmer resigns as prime minister
UK leader Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday following months of pressure, kickstarting a process that will see Britain get its seventh prime minister in a decade.
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Switzerland Eyes Ban on Nazi Symbols
The government argued that stricter rules, in line with bans already seen in a number of other European countries, were needed due to a “sharp rise in antisemitic incidents” in recent years.
