Canada votes as Trudeau, his ‘sunny ways’ dimmed by scandals, seeks to retain power
Canadians began voting on Monday to determine whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who swept into office four years ago as a charismatic figure promising “sunny...
Bolivia election on a knife-edge as rivals clash over results
Bolivia’s presidential election result was on a knife-edge on Monday, with a preliminary count suggesting it should go to a second-round run-off, but President Evo...
Swiss financiers face Green backlash after election
Switzerland’s Greens took aim at the country’s financial services sector after parliamentary election gains which shifted the balance of political power to the left....
Spanish PM visits Barcelona, criticizes regional chief
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez made a quick visit to Catalonia on Monday after a week of separatist unrest but spurned the pro-independence regional...
Turkey’s murder rate for women has doubled
Last year 440 women in Turkey were murdered by men, unofficial data show, more than doubling from 2012 when Ankara passed a law on preventing...
Israel’s Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was giving up his effort to form a new government after failing to secure a majority...
Johnson faces perilous Brexit ratification after deal vote blocked
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a potentially perilous ratification of his Brexit divorce deal in the British parliament after the speaker refused to allow a...
Nigerian unicycling school reinvents the wheel
29 year-old Nigerian Olalekan Kuyoro runs an after-school club, where children are taught to ride and perform tricks on unicycles – created to keep the...
Nigerian unicycle coach seeks to reinvent the wheel
Olalekan Kuyoro runs an after-school club at his home in Lagos, where children are taught to ride and perform tricks on unicycles. Nneka Chile reports....
Painting for a living, when you have no arms or legs
Adama Traore, who was born without arms and legs, says painting helps to heal and boost morale. He sells his work in the Ivorian capital....