Climate change? A small French ski resort closes early
This year’s winter in France has, so far, been the mildest in more than a century, and that’s had a direct impact on the ski...
Cruise shunned over coronavirus docks in Cambodia
A cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus...
Indonesia accused of putting profit ahead of the environment with new bill
Indonesia’s plans to relax environmental rules to encourage investment have drawn criticism from activists who say the government is putting profit ahead of protecting the...
Hunt on for ‘patient zero’ who spread coronavirus globally from Singapore
As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles, pens, notebooks and laptops, some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped...
Egyptian striker’s dream to be the oldest soccer pro
At the age of 75, nearly seven decades after kicking his first football, Ezzeldine Bahader revived his dream of playing in the soccer field as...
Pressure mounts for Swiss parliamentary probe into spying operation
Senior members of the Swiss legislature are demanding a parliamentary investigation into a spying operation in which U.S. and German intelligence used a Swiss cryptography...
Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off Russia’s Kuril Islands: USGS
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck offshore 99 kilometers (62 miles) south-east of Russia’s Kuril Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday....
Joe Biden seeks reboot after fresh stumble in New Hampshire
NASHUA, New Hampshire – Joe Biden’s campaign held a victory party in a New Hampshire hotel ballroom on Tuesday evening. But there was no victory....
California ‘vape art’ exhibit flashes bright light on waste issue
Sheilagh McCafferty’s eyes lit up as she pulled apart one of a pile of vape cartridges, a treasure trove of wiring, lithium batteries and light-emitting...
Sudan agrees to compensate families of USS Cole victims: state news agency
Sudan has agreed to compensate the families of sailors killed in an al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole warship 20 years ago, state news...