WHO urges calm as China virus death toll reaches 2,000
The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday, as Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to...
Vietnam F1 Grand Prix gets go-ahead despite virus fears
Vietnam's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix will take place in Hanoi in April as planned, organisers told media Tuesday, avoiding the fate of the...
Dutch court upholds shareholder appeal in $50 bn Yukos case
A Dutch court Tuesday upheld an appeal by shareholders of the dismantled oil giant Yukos in a landmark ruling, boosting their fight in a...
Mining giant BHP warns coronavirus could impact demand
BHP, the world's biggest miner, warned Tuesday that demand for resources could be hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak in China unless the epidemic...
India Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on women in army
India’s top court ruled on Monday that women could serve as army commanders, dismissing the government’s stance that male soldiers were not ready to...
Weinstein jury to begin deliberations
Jurors will begin deliberating the fate of ex-Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday in his high-profile sex crimes trial that marked a watershed moment...
Americans arrive home from virus-infected cruise ship
More than 300 Americans rescued from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan because of the new coronavirus arrived back in the United States Monday...
‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbours and branded a witch.
Mosammat Rashida's crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal tiger.
Women like her...
Body work: Russia’s ‘biohackers’ push boundaries
Gripping a scalpel, Vladislav Zaitsev makes an incision in the fold of skin between his client's thumb and index finger and pushes in a...
Japan completes virus testing for quarantined ship
All passengers and crew on board a ship quarantined off Japan have now been tested for the new coronavirus, the government said Tuesday, as...
