Joe Biden and the British golden rule | Letter from Susan Delacourt
Dear Joe, You are a man who has stuck to his guns, and who cares passionately about your cause, which has always been to improve the quality of life for middle-class people – a…
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German court stops auction of Auschwitz tattoo machine after Jewish survivor’s legal complaint
A German court on Sunday halted the sale of a tattoo machine used to tattoo Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz. This was after the complainant, a 75-year-old Auschwitz survivor, applied to the court for an…
Ex-Air Force commander was accused of sexual assault and grooming a subordinate for celibacy
Loyal to the last day of his service, senior active duty Air Force commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair attempted to reassign more than a dozen female subordinates and succeeded in the summer of…
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar leader sentenced to prison for failing to stop rally
Image copyright AFP Image caption The ruling is the latest development in what has been a rollercoaster year for the Nobel peace laureate A Myanmar court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to two…
Lydia Ko: ‘I have to turn up every day and play my best’
• Young New Zealander praises the ‘integrity’ of her rivals • Lydia Ko won World Cup last year in Japan The world No1, Lydia Ko, has praised the players who “turn up every day”…
Turning the sidewalk into a floating hotel is a radical idea
What is an aerial walk? The idea of walking from one place to another is something we all do during trips to the dentist or the grocery store. But instead of treading up and…
Tokyo seeks to legalize same-sex marriages
Written by Staff Writer at CNN Tokyo is pushing ahead with a plan to allow same-sex marriage, even though the bill still faces opposition in the capital. Nikkei, a newspaper, reported Wednesday that city…
The big life story of former Malaysian prime
Former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as the country’s 10th prime minister on Wednesday at a ceremony in Putrajaya in the state of Pahang. Here are the important biographical…
Measles outbreak forces military to dramatically ramp up vaccination efforts
Written by by Marcus Dansie, CNN In early September, nearly 3,000 active duty personnel living in the Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military bases were given extra time to either get their…
David Stewart on making his own “Gnarls Barkley”
Written by By Sarita Allison, CNN Kenny G has a reputation as a cool, calm saxophonist. The music critic Joe Levy believed he was overshadowed by the likes of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea,…