China to speed up subsidies for pigs culled due to African swine fever
China’s cabinet said on Wednesday it will speed up the distribution of subsidies for pigs that are culled due to African swine fever....
Google, Mozilla block Kazakh surveillance moves
Alphabet Inc’s Google and Firefox browser maker Mozilla took action on Wednesday to block the Kazakhstan government from creating an internet surveillance system using their...
Iran’s Zarif warns U.S. that Tehran may also act ‘unpredictably’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday Tehran may act “unpredictably” in response to the United States’ “unpredictable” policies under U.S. President Donald...
Trump offers help as UK’s Johnson asks Merkel to budge on Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will...
No-deal Brexit stockpiling counterproductive, hospitals will have what they need: UK minister
Britain’s National Health Service will have access to what it needs in a no-deal Brexit and any stockpiling is counterproductive, Michael Gove, the minister in...
China detains employee of Britain’s Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act
A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign...
Hong Kong protesters gather at mob-attack subway as bank warns of economic fallout
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself...
Migrants disembark Open Arms rescue ship
Nearly one hundred migrants who had been stranded on the Open Arms rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa disembarked on the Italian island on...
Russian race walker Bakulin gets eight-year ban for doping
Russian race walker Sergey Bakulin has been suspended for eight years for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday....
Texas shale towns grapple with growth as oil-bust fears fade
In west Texas, the center of the U.S. oil boom, about 3,800 students at Permian High School are crammed into a campus designed for 2,500,...