China approves foreign investment law, possible US olive branch
China's rubber-stamp parliament approved Friday a foreign investment law that may serve as an olive branch in trade talks with the United States, but...
Facebook blames server problem for massive outage
Facebook blamed a "server configuration change" Thursday for a massive outage affecting its applications around the world and brought fresh attention to the embattled...
Bolsonaro to visit Trump to firm up conservative alliance
Brazil's far right President Jair Bolsonaro will meet US counterpart Donald Trump next week to strengthen ties in the nascent regional conservative alliance aiming...
40 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings
Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 40 dead Friday, with one gunman – identified as an Australian extremist - apparently livestreaming the...
Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws
The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, in a landmark case for Africa's legal response to...
Search ends in Lagos building collapse as anger flares
Emergency services on Thursday said they had called off the search for survivors of a building collapse that killed nine in Nigeria's biggest city,...
Fb, Instagram, WhatsApp experiencing widespread outages
Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms — including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp and is working to resolve the issue.
“We’re...
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a...
EU needs to hear UK plan before deciding Brexit delay: Barnier
The European Union must hear from Britain how it plans to proceed with Brexit before deciding whether to delay the divorce, negotiator Michel Barnier...
UK parliament blocks May’s Brexit deal for second time
With the clock counting down to Britain’s scheduled departure from the European Union, UK legislators have voted down embattled Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit...
