HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ gets mixed reviews from disaster’s survivors
Critics and viewers on both sides of the Atlantic have lined up to acclaim ‘Chernobyl’, a dramatization of events surrounding the world’s worst nuclear accident...
Russian anti-doping chief says athletics culture at odds with reinstatement push
Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganus said on Wednesday that the country’s suspended athletics federation was not doing enough to stamp out doping culture and was...
Column: U.S. legislation will help retirement security, but bigger steps are needed
Federal policy on retirement security is one chaotic mess right now....
Beijing mega-airport to use Israeli runway protection system
Israel’s Xsight Systems said on Wednesday that its hazard detection technology will be installed on runways of a new mega-airport in China scheduled to open...
Czech owners of Skoda, Volkswagen cars qualify for $23 million compensation: report
A Prague district court has ruled that Czech owners of Skoda and Volkswagen cars qualify for 533 million crowns ($23.30 million) in compensation linked to...
More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR – BBC News
More than 70 million displaced worldwide, says UNHCR BBC News Global forced displacement tops 70 million UNHCR Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN Bangkok...
U.S. Navy says mine fragments, magnet point to Iran in Gulf tanker attack
The United States Navy on Wednesday displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet it said it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked...
Chinese worker killed in clashes at Bangladesh power plant
Clashes erupted between Bangladeshi and Chinese construction workers at a Chinese-funded power station in southern Bangladesh on Wednesday in which a Chinese worker was killed,...
Cambodia targets 140 opposition figures to silence dissent: U.N.
Cambodian authorities have questioned, summoned or detained more than 140 members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in an escalating suppression of dissent,...
North Macedonia firm plugs vintage minis into electric age
In the North Macedonian capital Skopje, a small light blue car, reminiscent of bygone Communist times, silently zips through the streets in the first major...