British-born Nigerian actor hopes black skinhead film will ‘heal’ pain
British-born Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was taken into foster care by a white family near London as a baby in the 1960s. As a youth, the unthinkable...
Chile scrambles to clean up mess after weekend of chaos, violent protests
Chilean authorities scrambled on Monday to clear wreckage and re-open public transportation in the capital Santiago after a weekend of chaos in which at least...
Northern Ireland prepares for momentous abortion, same-sex marriage changes
Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same sex-marriage ban and restrictions on abortion prepared on Monday for a momentous change to the...
Going overboard? Shipping rules seen shifting pollution from air to sea
New global rules forcing ships to reduce air pollution by using cleaner fuels will see more sulphur and nitrates dumped into the oceans, analysts and...
Remolding workers’ rights; French plastics maker puts Macron reforms to the test
Last year, Brice Thomas gathered colleagues in the finishing workshop of the French plastics factory where he works. He told them that, at a meeting...
Sudan rebel leader says government agreed to open access for aid
Sudan has agreed to open humanitarian access to war-torn areas of the country for the first time in eight years as part of a new...
Drug distributors and Teva reach settlement in Ohio opioid litigation – WSJ
McKesson Corp, Cardinal Health Inc, AmerisourceBergen Corp and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reached a settlement with two Ohio counties related to the opioid crisis, the Wall...
Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
A senior Israeli official attended a maritime security conference in Bahrain on Monday in another sign of Gulf Arab nations and Israel transcending longtime enmities...
Russian nuclear submarine aborts ballistic missile test
A Russian nuclear submarine aborted the test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a military exercise overseen by President Vladimir Putin last week, the...
Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, world’s largest, to walk off job Tuesday
The union of workers at BHP’s Escondida copper mine will hold a day-long strike on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with protests in Chile,...