Sri Lankan elephant rescued after being swept downstream
An elephant bathing in an irrigation canal in a north western farming district in Sri Lanka was swept downstream in a strong current on Monday,...
Earthquake strikes northwest Myanmar near India, Bangladesh borders
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck near the border of Myanmar and India on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, shaking...
Austrian aid for Lufthansa’s AUA to be linked to climate targets
State aid for Austrian Airlines, which the government in Vienna is currently negotiating with parent company Lufthansa , should support climate policy targets, Austria’s environment...
Shell sets emission ambition of net zero by 2050, with customer help
Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday laid out the oil and gas sector’s most extensive strategy yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by...
North Dakota governor issues guidelines to reopen state May 1: statement
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum issued guidelines for reopening the state as soon as May 1 in a statement issued late Wednesday, according to a...
BlackRock’s assets under management shrink amid market turmoil
BlackRock Inc’s assets under management dipped sharply in the first quarter amid turmoil in global markets caused by concerns about the economic fallout of the...
Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns
Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat....
As the U.S. shut down, Trump’s legal fight to build wall ramped up
Even as the Trump administration was struggling to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, it was ramping up efforts to seize land along U.S. southern border...
Individual ashtrays, hourly disinfection: French carmakers eye production restart
Peugeot-owner PSA and Renault are planning new safety measures in a push by France’s major industrial groups for a breakthrough with workers to reopen some...
Column: Dropping Medicare age to 60? No more than a start in the right direction
In what now seems like a galaxy far, far away, Republican lawmakers routinely talked up the idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65...