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Flight diverted to Boston after passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork

A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said. The flight from Chicago to Germany on Saturday was diverted to Boston, where the 28-year-old man was arrested and charged with one… Read More

World’s oldest president wins re-election at age 92

Cameroon ’s top court on Monday declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the Oct. 12 election. Clashes with security forces left at least four protesters dead ahead of the announcement as opposition supporters rallied to demand credible results. Biya, 92, has led the central African… Read More

Melissa intensifies to Category 5 hurricane; battering Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Melissa was centered about 130 miles… Read More

Suspects arrested in connection with Louvre museum jewel heist

Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt. The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of… Read More

President Trump abruptly ends trade talks with Canada… over TV ads!?

President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs. Trump said the ad misstated the facts and called it “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions. The post on Trump’s social media site came after… Read More

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky faced cheating allegations prior to his death?

Chess’s international governing body said Wednesday it’s considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death. The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach,… Read More

Tropical Storm Melissa hammers Caribbean; here’s where it’s heading next

Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on Hispaniola as forecasters warned Wednesday of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region in the coming days. The rains snarled traffic in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, and games in the country’s professional baseball league were canceled. People in… Read More

The Louvre reopens after shocking jewel heist

The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum heists of the century stunned the world. The thieves slipped in and out of the world’s most visited museum — making off with eight pieces from France’s… Read More

Ex-French President begins 5-year prison sentence

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned. Sarkozy, 70,… Read More