Maltreated tigers and lions, rescued from Guatemala circuses, arrive in South Africa
Twenty-one lions and tigers rescued from Guatemala arrived at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa on Tuesday after an animal conservation and protection group said...
Dark-skinned prosthetics for a white industry
Michael Sunday is delighted, if not a little stunned, as he admires his new right hand: A silicone glove-like prosthetic meant to help him return...
Imperious Federer thumps Krajinovic to set up Millman show
Roger Federer displayed imperious form to canter into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a 6-1 6-4 6-1 thumping of Serb...
Lam says government is forming independent committee to review Hong Kong situation
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that the government was about to announce the formation of an independent committee to study the situation...
Warren calls on big U.S. banks to disclose preparation for climate risk
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, is asking the biggest U.S. banks for details on their assessments of and...
Transgender soldier to sue South Korean military
South Korea’s first transgender soldier said on Wednesday she would sue the military after it announced it would dismiss her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery...
Pension protest at France’s biggest hydro-dam creates power shortfall
Energy workers temporarily halted power generation at France’s biggest hydro-electricity plant on Wednesday in protest at President Emmanuel Macron’s overhaul of the pension system....
Paraguay’s President Abdo contracts dengue fever amid outbreak
A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country’s leader...
Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77
Terry Jones, one of the British Monty Python comedy team, has died at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia, his family...
‘We have a great case’ Trump says of impeachment in Davos
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived for a second day at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday as thousands of miles away the Republican-controlled...