New SPD leaders pull back from sinking German coalition
Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats are leaning away from proposing the party quit Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as they work on a motion to put...
Bethlehem set for a Happy Christmas: more rooms, more inns and part of its manger back
As the Christmas decorations go up in Manger Square, Bethlehem is preparing for its best Christmas for two decades, the town’s mayor and hoteliers say....
Argentina’s president-elect says cabinet ‘chosen,’ some names still under wraps
Argentina’s incoming cabinet has already been chosen and will be revealed on Friday, President-elect Alberto Fernandez said in a social media post on Tuesday, as...
Barry Callebaut cites progress in helping cocoa farmers tackle child labour
Swiss cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut said on Tuesday that 26% of the farmer groups from which it sourced products in 2018/2019 had programmes to...
Wall St. tumbles as Trump dents hopes of trade deal this year
Wall Street’s main indexes hovered near one-month lows on Tuesday, as comments from President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stoked fears of a...
OPEC, Russia debate deeper oil cuts as new glut looms
Russia expects a constructive meeting with OPEC producers this week, its energy minister said on Tuesday, as OPEC leader Saudi Arabia presses members and allies...
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris ending presidential bid
First-term U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California on Tuesday will end her 2020 presidential campaign after failing to garner support in key states despite an...
‘Missed his moment’: opposition corruption scandal undermines Venezuela’s Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are facing a new challenge in the form of an influence-peddling scandal that...
Employee of French defense company Thales killed in Bogota
An employee of French defense electronics company Thales was killed in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, the company said on Tuesday....
EU finds Czechs should return subsidies due to PM Babis’s business conflict: reports
The European Commission has determined that the Czech Republic must return hundreds of millions of crowns in EU subsidies as Prime Minister Andrej Babis did...
