EU awards jailed Uighur activist rights prize, angering China
The European Parliament awarded its annual prize for the defense of human rights on Thursday to jailed ethnic Uighur economics professor Ilham Tohti, angering Beijing...
Romanian centrists seek urgent budget approval, keep gap in check
Romania’s centrist National Liberal Party of Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban wants to quickly adopt next year’s budget and rein in a fiscal shortfall below the...
Wall Street set to open higher on Microsoft, Tesla results
Wall Street was on course to open higher on Thursday, as solid results from Microsoft, Lam Research and Tesla lifted sentiment following lackluster reports from...
Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of violations, Russia says peace plan on track
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkey on Thursday of launching a large land offensive targeting three villages in northeast Syria despite a truce,...
Russia sends S-400 missile defense systems to Serbia for military drill
Russia said on Thursday a division of its S-400 missile defense system would take part in a military drill in Serbia, underlining Moscow’s wish to...
Fans create their own ‘kind of magic’ in new Queen music videos
Singing in the kitchen, dancing in a field and impersonating frontman Freddie Mercury, Queen fans are giving renditions of three of the rock band’s hit...
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters rally for Catalan independence
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters, some waving Catalan flags and banners urging “a fight for freedom together”, rallied in support of a separate Catalonia on...
Hundreds gather outside house of Ethiopian activist after deadly day of protests
Hundreds of supporters of prominent Ethiopian activist Jawar Mohammed set up camp around his house in Addis Ababa on Thursday one day after police fired...
Cystic fibrosis drug to be available in England after pricing deal
Cystic fibrosis patients in England will have access to life-extending drugs after the state-funded health service said it had agreed a pricing deal with manufacturer...
BP to test technology to recycle plastic bottles again and again
BP plans to build a $25 million pilot plant to test new technology the energy company says will allow plastic bottles and food packaging to...