Democrats spar on healthcare, some urge civility
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden clashed with progressive challengers Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on healthcare in a debate on Thursday, while other candidates pared...
Tokyo snow: Japan’s Olympic organizers trial slush machines to beat summer heat
Olympic officials used a snow machine to spray a crowd of volunteers with shaved ice and slush on Friday as they tried out ways to...
New Zealand PM acts to tighten gun laws
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to parliament on Friday that aims to further tighten gun laws, as the country marks...
What Brexit? Champagne makers promise corks will keep popping
Champagne makers say Britain’s three-century love affair with champagne will not end with Brexit, shrugging off fears that a chaotic departure – possibly in a...
Third person dies, two airports closed as torrential rains hit southern Spain
A third person has died in southern Spain’s torrential rains, the local mayor told Spanish radio Cadena Ser on Friday as airports and dozens of...
Paris commuter chaos as metro workers strike over pension reform
Parisian commuters faced travel misery on Friday as metro workers went on strike over plans to reduce their retirement privileges under President Emmanuel Macron’s pension...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried at national shrine, family says
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe will be buried at a national shrine in Harare on Sunday, the Mugabe family spokesman said on Friday, contradicting comments a...
Russia plans excise taxes on e-cigarettes: reports
Russia’s healthcare ministry has drafted a bill to introduce excise taxes on electronic cigarettes, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, citing minister Veronika Skvortsova....
With glue and fake blood, climate protesters target London Fashion Week
Climate activists glued themselves to a door and poured a “bleeding” red carpet ahead of the opening of London Fashion Week on Friday, seeking to...
New Delhi to slash use of cars in November to cut pollution: chief minister
India’s capital New Delhi will enforce strict restrictions on use of private cars from Nov. 4-15 to curb pollution, its chief minister said on Friday,...