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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —  The Middle East’s biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion. Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said this order replaces an agreement for 150 777x Boeing to 126 of that aircraft,…

SYRACUSE, N.Y.  —  A white supremacist manifesto that appeared to be a copy of one linked to a man accused of attacking two mosques in New Zealand was circulated electronically at Syracuse University, campus law enforcement said Tuesday, adding to a string of racist episodes that have shaken the upstate New York campus. Federal investigators…

BERLIN —  The son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker was stabbed to death while he was giving a lecture at a hospital in Berlin where he worked as a head physician, police said Wednesday. A 57-year-old man is in custody after a man jumped up from the audience at the Schlosspark-Klinik and attacked Fritz…

VALLETTA, Malta —  Malta authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Maltese businessman who appears to be a “person of interest” in the assassination of a leading investigative reporter. Yorgen Fenech was on a yacht intercepted on a northward course away from Malta by the Maltese military early Wednesday and forced back to port. In remarks to…

Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES What Will Sondland Say? When Gordon Sondland enters the ornate House hearing room for televised testimony this morning, Republicans and Democrats will be looking for a make-or-break moment in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump — even as serious questions surround Sondland’s credibility. The hotelier-turned-U.S.…

More than three boats carrying over 50 people from at least 20 countries will take to the sea in coming days with an ambitious aim: to break the siege of Gaza and send a message of freedom and resistance to the world. “We are sailing because we promised we would until the blockade is lifted,”…

Bolstering long-held criticisms from public interest groups, newly leaked sections of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) show how Big Pharma is employing “an aggressive new form of transnational corporatism” to increase profits at the expense of global health. The TPP’s “Healthcare Annex”—which seeks to regulate government policies around medicines and medical devices—would give big pharmaceutical companies…

Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull Racing have agreed a deadline by which they should have reached agreement about the driver’s future at the team. That’s according to Red Bull motorsports consultant Dr Helmet Marko. He was speaking to Sky Sports News at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during pre-season testing. “We agreed with him a deadline,”…

Sebastian Vettel believes his 2018 prancing horse is a better car than its predecessor, but still requires work for Ferrari to close the gap with Mercedes. Despite his win in Formula 1’s curtain-raiser round in Australian, Vettel said his confidence level in his new mount wasn’t yet where it needed to be. The German driver…

McLaren’s fortunes are looking up after a double points finish for Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne in the first race of the 2018 season in Australia. But Alonso says that the team has got to continue to push hard in the next few races if it’s to press home that new-found advantage. “Australia gave us…