China welcomes US trade talks offer as new tariffs loom
China welcomed on Thursday a US offer to hold fresh trade talks, adding that the two are discussing the details and providing some hope...
Aung San Suu Kyi defends verdict against Reuters journalists
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation.
She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had...
Hurricane Florence closes in on US east coast
Hurricane Florence was on course Wednesday to deliver a powerful blow to the east coast of the United States, with forecasters warning of life-threatening...
Regional and business leaders step into the climate breach
Thousands of governors, mayors, CEOs and experts gathered Wednesday at a problem-solving summit to tackle global warming as a monster hurricane bearing the fingerprint...
India thieves ‘ate from stolen royal gold lunchbox’
Thieves who stole a gold, diamond-studded lunchbox that belonged to a former royal family were using it to eat their meals, Indian police say.
The...
EU will send additional 10,000 guards to borders
The EU plans to send 10,000 more border guards to tackle unlawful immigration by 2020, the European Commission's president Jean-Claude Juncker said in his...
Gay sex ruling to free India’s ‘pink economy’
From LGBT nightclubs to "gaycations" and more, a court ruling legalising homosexuality in India is set to unlock one of the world's largest "pink...
Vote on EU online copyright reform splits usual allies
The European Parliament votes Wednesday on a highly complex online copyright law that has split natural political bedfellows and pitted music and news companies...
China warns of ‘serious hazard’ of protectionism at WEF meeting
China warned Wednesday that protectionism poses a "serious hazard" to growth and cautioned "individual countries" against isolationism, in a veiled reference to the deepening...
Pope to meet US Church leaders after abuse cover-up claim
Pope Francis will meet leaders of the US Catholic Church on Thursday, the Vatican announced, after a high profile accusation that the pontiff covered...
