DURHAM /Tribune News Service A few weeks before Christmas in 1977 and nearly a year before he would go on to lose his heavyweight title to Leon Spinks, Durham got an early Christmas present when Muhammad Ali came to town to help dedicate a new junior college gymnasium named in his honor. Located off Fayetteville Street near the intersection …

  Jeddah / AFP Saudi officials have finalised a detailed plan to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil and have sent it for cabinet approval, official media said on Monday. The National Transformation Programme (NTP) will elaborate upon Vision 2030, an 84-page document released in April by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 30, who is leading the reform charge. …

  London / AFP British trade unions representing six million workers on Monday urged their members to vote to stay in the European Union, warning that a Brexit would threaten workers’ rights. The general secretaries of Unite, Unison and the GMB were among 10 union leaders who wrote a letter to the Guardian newspaper claiming that parental leave and holiday …