UK election generates 15 million tweets
More than 15 million tweets were posted during the campaign leading up to Britain’s parliamentary election last week, election, up 66% on the previous election...
China announces new tariff exemptions for U.S. chemical, oil products
China on Thursday unveiled a new list of import tariff exemptions for six chemical and oil products from the United States, days after the world’s...
Lights out for multilateralism? Alarm as U.N. faces cash squeeze
During talks on disarmament at the U.N.’s Geneva headquarters last month, alarm bells went off in the chamber to indicate that delegates had infringed new...
Greenland to pick Ericsson over Huawei for future 5G rollout
Greenland will pick Sweden’s Ericsson over China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] for future the rollout of fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network, a spokeswoman for state telecoms operator Tele...
Jailed Catalan leader was lawmaker and entitled to immunity: EU court
A jailed Catalan separatist leader was a member of the European Parliament despite not being able to take up his seat and so enjoyed the...
Hundreds detained in India for defying ban on protests against citizenship law
Police detained hundreds of people in New Delhi and southern city of Bengaluru on Thursday and shut down the internet in some places as protests...
Indian police detain historian Guha at protest against citizenship law
Indian police detained one of the country’s most respected historians and intellectuals, Ramachandra Guha, on Thursday during a demonstration in the southern city of Bengaluru...
Novartis plans Zolgensma giveaways as some fear ‘health lottery’
Novartis aims to give away 100 doses of its $2.1 million-per-patient Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in 2020 in a free-drug program that one...
Supporters defend Trump after impeachment vote
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump condemned the Democratic-led impeachment result at a rally in Michigan....
Dollar unhurt by Trump impeachment; Swedish crown gains
The dollar was down 0.1% in early London trading on Thursday, little changed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment, while the Swedish crown edged higher...