Why Italy’s Insular Election Is More Important Than It Looks The campaign before Italy’s national elections on Sunday has been self-obsessed and often petty and unedifying. But it has been instructive about one thing: The political forces that have torn at the global order and the European Union have settled […]
At U.N., China delays U.S. bid to blacklist ships, companies over North Korea China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said on Friday. The United States […]
Suicide bomb in Kabul kills young girl, wounds 22 A suicide car bombing in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person, a young girl, and wounded 22, Afghan officials said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the blast occurred […]
British teacher convicted of trying to recruit children for an ISIS-inspired ‘army’ A British teacher was convicted Friday of trying to recruit students to carry out Islamic State-inspired attacks across London. Umar Haque, 25, was accused of radicalizing children at two schools and a mosque, making them re-enact deadly attacks […]
Police make arrests after Dublin supermarket attacked after storm Police in Dublin said on Friday they had made several arrests after an attack on a supermarket hours after the city was hit with its worst snowstorm in decades. Several Irish media outlets reported that the supermarket had been looted, but […]
Three Australians die, more sick in listeria outbreak tied to melons Three people have died and 12 others have fallen ill in a national listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelons, and more cases are expected, Australian health authorities said. The outbreak is linked to the melons, also called cantaloupes, from […]
Honduras arrests alleged mastermind behind activist’s murder Honduran authorities on Friday said they arrested a high-ranking executive of a hydroelectric company on Friday on charges of helping plan the murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres two years ago. Roberto David Castillo, executive president of Desarrollos Energeticos (DESA), was arrested […]
Doctor in Kenya performs brain surgery on the wrong person A neurosurgeon at Kenya’s largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. The scandal, which prompted an outpouring of horror on social media, is the latest drama to hit the Kenyatta National Hospital in recent […]
Apple’s iPhone X Plus design imagined in new video On paper, Apple’s latest flagship smartphone has a fairly large display. The iPhone X’s screen measures 5.8 inches from corner to corner. But in use, the screen hardly feels like it measures nearly 6 inches diagonally. Because Apple’s OLED display on […]
Samsung Has One Clear Advantage Over Apple Samsung’s eagerness to be everything to everyone all of the time means it has one clear advantage over Apple, its near total lack of commitment to a design decision. Samsung has proven time and again that it is happy to reverse design and […]
