How Thailand’s coup leader kept power through election
When Thailand’s former army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, was confirmed as prime minister by parliament on Wednesday, he completed his transition from coup leader to...
UN: 2 million Somalis could die of famine this year – The Times of Israel
UN: 2 million Somalis could die of famine this year The Times of Israel million needed after rainless season that has killed livestock and crops, as...
Fast vanishing Ethiopia’s Rift Valley Lakes – ethiopiaobserver.com
Fast vanishing Ethiopia’s Rift Valley Lakes ethiopiaobserver.com Lake Ziway and Abiyata: Troubled waters. Bayush Sisay is not sure how long she will keep on working on....
Fed says contacts worry about trade war; economy growing modestly
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday reported that its contacts at companies across the country were worried that international trade tensions could weigh on business...
Xi, Putin meet as the U.S.-China trade war drags on
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow for bilateral talks with Russia’s President Putin. Their meeting comes amid the escalating trade war between China...
Arriving in Ireland, Trump says Brexit will be fine for the country
Donald Trump, arriving in Ireland for the first time as U.S. president on Wednesday, sought to reassure the country that Britain’s exit from the European...
Trump understands need to avoid hard post-Brexit Irish border, PM says
U.S. President Donald Trump understood in a meeting with Irish officials on Wednesday that Brexit cannot result in the return of a hard border on...
Actor Jussie Smollett not returning to ‘Empire,’ TV creator says
Jussie Smollett will not be returning to U.S. television series “Empire”, the show’s creator says, marking the first public confirmation that the actor has been...
Leader of Mexico-based church accused of rape, child porn
The head of a Mexican-based church estimated to have more than 1 million followers worldwide has been arrested in California and charged with crimes including...
YouTube to remove hateful, supremacist content
YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos that deny the Holocaust and other “well-documented violent events,” a major reversal in policy as it fights...