NEW DELHI — An Indian court has convicted a former politician of helping incite violence during anti-Sikh pogroms that left thousands of people dead. The Delhi High Court on Monday reversed an earlier acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots, which broke out after then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was killed by her Sikh bodyguards. […]
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1 Thai dead, 7 S. Korean tourists hurt in Thailand car crash
BANGKOK — Thai police say an accident outside of Bangkok involving three vehicles has killed one Thai man and left 11 other people injured, including seven South Korean tourists. Police Lt. Col. Boonsarit Chuaychoo, the investigator in charge of the case, said police suspect that a van carrying the seven South Koreans was driving behind […]
Can we talk? Ugandans try to coax longtime leader to leave
KAMPALA, Uganda — Can one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders be talked into giving up power? A new movement in Uganda wants to find out, encouraged by the president’s tentative embrace of a so-called “national dialogue” as the government is in a showdown with an opposition pop star whose popularity with disaffected young people is unsettling […]
May to argue 2nd referendum would violate public trust
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May is set to condemn calls for a second referendum on Britain’s departure from the European Union, saying it would do irreparable damage to trust in democracy. In remarks released ahead of her speech in the House of Commons on Monday, May says that staging another referendum “would say to […]
‘Are we going to play?’ Alberta boy with rare illness no big deal for classmates
ONOWAY, Alta. — Four-year-old Porter Stanley has some new pals at preschool. Russ stands beside him as they manoeuvre toy cars down and around a plastic parking garage. The newest kid in class, Mimi, offers her hand, patiently waiting for Porter to give her a high- five. They soon sit on a large carpet for […]