Newly knighted Captain Tom hopes queen is not ‘heavy handed’ with the sword
Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British veteran who raised a record breaking amount of money for charity during the coronavirus crisis, said he was looking...
Dutch government’s 2019 purchase of Air France-KLM shares ‘irregular’: audit office
A 2019 move by the Dutch government to buy a 14% stake in Air France-KLM was not in accordance with the country’s laws, the Netherlands’...
SoftBank-backed Ola to cut about 35% workforce amid COVID-19 crisis
SoftBank Group-backed Indian ride-hailing company Ola will cut 1,400 jobs, or about 35% of its workforce, as it tries to navigate the coronavirus crisis, its...
Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade U.S. abortion case says she was paid to switch sides
Norma McCorvey, the woman known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, said she was lying...
Victims absent from South Korea’s ‘comfort women’ rally amid graft allegations over ex-leader
South Korean victims of Japanese wartime sexual violence boycotted a weekly protest in Seoul on Wednesday after a former leader of the group organising the...
Explainer: Why is Israel’s Netanyahu facing trial?
A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will go on trial on May 24, charged with...
Climate change turning Antarctica’s snow green
Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge....
Ex-state legislator Bentz wins race to replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman
Former Republican state legislator Cliff Bentz will replace Oregon’s only Republican congressman, who is retiring, after emerging victorious from a crowded field of candidates in...
Taiwan swears in President Tsai for second term
President Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in for her second and final term on Wednesday in a ceremony at Taiwan’s presidential palace in Taipei. Gloria Tso...
Sri Lanka pays tribute to civil war victims
Sri Lanka marked the 11th anniversary of the end of the conflict between Tamil Tiger rebels and the government on Tuesday. But in the background...