Bracing for winds, authorities order thousands to flee California wine country blaze
California firefighters raced against time on Saturday as they cut defensive lines against a wildfire in Sonoma County’s famed wine country and authorities ordered 50,000...
Saudi-brokered deal to include Yemen’s southern separatists in government – sources
A preliminary deal between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists to end a power struggle in Aden will see the separatists included in a new...
Dutch foundation launches project to tackle river plastic pollution
A Dutch foundation devoted to fighting plastic pollution in the world’s oceans on Saturday unveiled a new device designed to stop it from reaching the...
Germany’s Scholz tops SPD leader vote, but faces run-off
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz came first in a vote to elect a leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) but fell short of a majority, triggering...
UK PM Johnson’s Conservatives hold 16-point poll lead ahead of election decision
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party holds a 16-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of a parliamentary vote on Monday on whether...
Chilean President Pinera to shake up cabinet amid protests
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Saturday he would shake up his cabinet to quell a week of mass protests against inequality that have rocked...
Bolivia’s Morales vows second-round vote if fraud found in official tally
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday vowed to hold a run-off election if an audit of a vote count that handed him an outright win...
UK police ask Vietnamese community for help on 39 truck dead
British police want help from the Vietnamese community in Britain and abroad to identify the 39 people found dead in the back of a refrigerated...
Rural Vietnamese mourn loved ones feared dead in back of British truck
Several townships in rural Vietnam sank into mourning on Saturday, with communities believing that many of the 39 people found dead in the back of...
Germany’s Scholz first in SPD leader vote but faces run-off
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz came first in a vote for a new leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) but fell short of a majority,...