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Turkey Arrests Opposition Mayor for Alleged Ties to Coup
Turkish authorities have arrested a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party, over his alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday.
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Chinese Utility Buys 49% of Oman Power Grid
A Chinese state-owned utility says it has bought 49% of the power distribution grid in the Gulf nation of Oman.
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Europe Postpones Launch of Planet-Studying Mission
European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems less than an hour before it was due to blast off.
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Global Shares Rise After Wall Street Rally on China Report
European indexes fell in early trading Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street spurred by strong Chinese economic data that sent the major indexes to record highs and carried into Asian markets.
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Pakistan Sentences Former Dictator to Death in Treason Case
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced the country’s former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death in a treason case related to the state of emergency he imposed in 2007 while in power, officials said.
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No School, No Trains, No Eiffel Tower: France on Strike
Teachers, doctors, lawyers and workers at the Eiffel Tower ? people from across the French workforce walked off the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, and to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to dismantle.
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Struggling Suns Hope Ayton’s Return Provides Boost
Starting center Deandre Ayton is returning from his 25-game suspension at a good time for the Suns.
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Kansas Faces Test of Holding Onto No. 1 Spot in AP Top 25
Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke and Louisville have each spent time at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men?s college basketball poll only to lose quickly. The challenge now falls on Kansas to avoid the same fate.
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Vince Carter’s NBA Career Milestones Are Piling Up
The milestones are piling up, and running out, for Atlanta?s Vince Carter.
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Players on 2011 World Cup Team to Open Olympic Torch Relay
Members of the Japan soccer team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2011 will be the first to carry the torch for the Tokyo Olympics when the relay opens its Japanese leg on March 26, 2020.
