World/Local News

A CUBAN court has found US contractor Alan Gross guilty of crimes against the state and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, a verdict that’s sure to have sweeping repercussions for already-sour relations between […] […]

THE earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami has proven, yet again, how the internet offers an information lifeline to the world in a time of crisis. The internet was designed so […] […]

TENS of thousands of activists have protested against Germany’s plans to prolong its dependency on nuclear power, as an explosion at a quake-hit plant in Japan fuelled fears of a meltdown. About 60,000 people formed […] […]

LIBYAN rebels have retreated under air strikes and shelling by government forces, as Arab states said the regime has lost legitimacy and backed a no-fly zone to ground its warplanes. After having abandoned an operation […] […]

PROSECUTORS charged Mel Gibson with misdemeanour battery stemming from a fight with his ex-girlfriend at the actor’s Malibu home. Gibson, 55, was charged yesterday after months of investigation by sheriff’s detectives involving the January 2010 […] […]

MALIBU – The tsunami may have killed hundreds in Japan and caused havoc in northern California, but further south in Malibu, surfers were philosophical – and still taking to their boards. “We wanted to say […] […]

Japan is scrambling to prevent nuclear accidents at two atomic plants where reactor cooling systems failed after a massive earthquake, as it evacuates tens of thousands of residents. Radiation 1000 times above normal was detected […] […]

The woman Roman Polanski had sex with at a Hollywood party when she was just 13 has accused US court authorities of ruining her life, insisting they used the case for their own “political gain”. […] […]

A Moroccan official was offered a bribe to backdate the birth certificate of the Moroccan-born erotic dancer at the heart of the sex scandal engulfing Silvio Berlusconi, it was claimed yesterday. The Moroccan registry official […] […]