Belgrade joins world’s most polluted cities as farmers torch fields
Despite clear skies and sunshine, residents of the Serbian capital have gasped this week in the acrid air, struggling to breathe in a city whose...
Suspected militants kill two in Indian Kashmir, set apple trucks ablaze
Suspected militants shot and killed two drivers and set fire to their apple trucks in Indian Kashmir on Thursday, a senior police official said....
Pinera says demands of Chileans ‘loud and clear,’ protests begin anew
Chile’s president and lawmakers prepared on Thursday to push forward social equality reforms as protesters hit the streets again to call for swift action to...
Cameroon calls for freeze on Douala port contract over Bollore court case
Cameroon’s president has ordered its main Douala port to suspend contract talks with Swiss firm Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) until the conclusion of a court...
UK truck deaths highlight shift in migrant route after closure of French camp
When France shut the Calais shanty town known as the Jungle in 2016, migrants seeking entry to Britain were forced to look for less safe...
A man on a mission to save honey bees
The staggering decline of honey bee colonies has alarmed experts across the United States, but an unconventional apiculturist in California thinks he has found a...
HBO documentary ‘Very Ralph’ debuts at the Met
A who’s who in the world of fashion and entertainment turned up at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Wednesday evening to celebrate Ralph...
Garbage piles up on Greek streets as trash collectors strike
Garbage piled high on Athens streets as trash collectors rallied in the capital against government plans to outsource state services....
Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case
The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl who...
Swiss investigate J. Safra Sarasin amid Brazilian ‘car wash’ probe
Swiss federal prosecutors said they had opened an investigation of private bank J. Safra Sarasin as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe surrounding Brazilian state...