Algerian army chief moves to limit protest movement
Algeria’s powerful army chief has ordered buses and cars bringing protesters into the capital to be stopped and seized, the latest in a series of...
Italy plans to cut polluting tax breaks by 10% a year : document
The Italian government plans to cut tax expenditures subsidising environmentally harmful activities by 10% each year starting in 2020, according to a draft emergency decree...
Payton not naming Saints’ starting QB
Saints head coach Sean Payton is not tipping his hand at quarterback, refusing to name backup Teddy Bridgewater as the starter Sunday when New Orleans...
Social media firms testify on violent content prevention
Representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google told the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday, they are investing in new technologies to reduce and remove threats of extremist...
Tanzania tells WHO it has no Ebola cases – statement
Tanzania has formally told the World Health Organization (WHO) that it has no cases of Ebola after a woman died there earlier this month from...
Judo: Iran suspended after pressurising fighter not to face Israeli
Iran was suspended from international competition by the International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday for putting pressure on one of its fighters to withdraw from...
Banker tells German court of ‘vast network’ at center of fraud trial
A banker at the center of a trading scheme German prosecutors say resulted in hundreds of millions of euros of illegitimate tax rebates told a...
U.S. charges 58 in Texas with healthcare fraud, illegal opioid distribution
U.S. prosecutors announced charges on Wednesday against 58 people accused of engaging in healthcare fraud schemes that centered on the illegal distribution of more than...
Baby gut study finds bacteria different after C-section births
A huge study of babies’ stool samples has found key differences between infants born vaginally and via Caesarean section, offering clues about the development of...
U.S. charges 58 in Texas with healthcare fraud, illegal dispensing of opiod pills
U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 58 people on Wednesday, accusing them of a healthcare fraud scheme that involved the illegal distribution of more than six...