January 18, 2015 - Page 9

BRAZIL and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed six convicted drugs offenders by firing squad, including two of their citizens.

HISTORICALLY neutral Switzerland’s foray into the global currency war ended in defeat this past week after its central bank left markets shell-shocked by abandoning the franc’s exchange rate floor, analysts said. But

A TOP anti-government composer’s works removed from the repertoire. Sexual references expunged from a play. A new bill that would increase the government’s influence on performances. Cultural figures are complaining of increased

NICOLE Schickova adjusts her unruly fake moustache, as crucial to her outfit as her bowler hat, and takes two comical giant steps, thrusting her leg up as far as it will go,

BRAZIL says it is “outraged” by the execution of one its citizens in Indonesia for drug trafficking. Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, was arrested in 2003 after police at Jakarta airport found

TRAIN services have resumed through the Channel Tunnel, after a fire saw it closed for most of Saturday. Eurotunnel said trains restarted from the UK at 02:45 GMT after it delayed resuming

HUGE crowds have gathered to see Pope Francis celebrate an outdoor Mass in the Philippine capital Manila. Thousands of people arrived at Rizal Park on Sunday morning, hours before the Mass is