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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave her support on Wednesday to a youth movement urging government action to tackle climate change ahead of protests by students across the world later this week. Thousands of school children in Australia and New Zealand intend to skip school and protest on Friday as part of similar action... Continue Reading →
If you need to get news out of the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, bring plenty of quarters. Cellphones and laptops aren't allowed in the building. Cameras and voice recorders are banned as well. Reporters at the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse have two options: run to the pay phone on the second floor,... Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Theresa May won a two week reprieve on Wednesday from British MPs, who postponed a threatened rebellion aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit after she agreed to a possible delay to Britain's departure from the EU. But the opposition Labour Party announced it would now support a new public vote on Brexit, the... Continue Reading →
US firefighters arrived at the property in San Bernardino after the mountain lion - or cougar - was spotted perched on a branch about 50ft (15m) high. The area was then secured and the animal was tranquilised and lowered to the ground using a harness. It was released back into the wild following an assessment... Continue Reading →
While insecurity threatens Africa’s development and diplomatic advancement in many regions across the continent including the Sahel, Central Africa and the Horn – the African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, believes there are still reasons to be cheerful. The Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan are good examples with both countries... Continue Reading →
Around 200 residents were evacuated from an area near a tailings dam in Brazil operated by Vale SA late on Saturday, amid fears that it was structurally weak and could burst like a similar barrier failure last month that killed 300 people. Vale said in a statement that it had evacuated people living near the... Continue Reading →
Apple Inc said Thursday that it will resume selling older iPhone models in its stores in Germany after they were banned last year, but only with chips from Qualcomm Inc, which is in a global legal battle against the Cupertino company. Read More
China's first science fiction blockbuster, "The Wandering Earth", has raked in 3 billion yuan ($443 million) in ticket sales in less than 10 days, putting it on track to become the country's highest-grossing film. Read More
