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LONDON — Police in central England said Wednesday they were treating a weekend fire at one of Britain's quirkiest pubs as arson, two days after it was demolished before an investigation into the blaze had even been completed. Staffordshire Police…
NEW DELHI — Indian lawmakers Wednesday approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens' privacy rights. The legislation will limit cross-border transfer…
LONDON — Villagers in central England are fuming after one of Britain's quirkiest pubs burned down and was reduced to rubble by a digger before a fire investigation was completed. The local mayor has joined thirsty regulars from the 18th-century…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Sherpa guide who climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains in record time is eyeing another record, looking to become the youngest person to scale all those peaks twice. Tenjen Sherpa, 35, and Norwegian climber Kristin Harila,…
BEIRUT — Syria’s President Bashar Assad slammed Turkey in comments published Wednesday, blaming Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country and insisting on the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria. Assad spoke in an interview with Sky…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were freed Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in Haiti’s capital, according to aid organization El Roi Haiti. The Christian group founded by Dorsainvil’s husband asked that neither…
