Protests resume in Iraq’s Sadr City as uprising enters second week
Protests resumed overnight in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, with at least one member of the security forces killed, although much of the country appeared quieter...
Rescue by tuk tuk as snipers rain death onto Baghdad streets
A bright yellow three-wheeled tuk tuk careens out of the rioting crowd with gunfire crackling in the air and black smoke swirling up into the...
Peebles, Mayor and Queloz win 2019 Nobel Prize for physics
Scientists James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for ground-breaking work in astronomy, the award-giving body said on...
Couple stages wedding ceremony during London climate protests
Two women got married on London’s Westminster Bridge on Monday, on the first day of climate activist protests that kicked off two weeks of civil...
‘South Park’ creators offer mocking ‘apology’ to China over episode
The creators of satirical animated series “South Park” issued a mocking “apology” to China after media reports that episodes of the show were no longer...
Biggest US index funds oppose most climate proposals in shareholder votes
The far-reaching impacts of climate change on companies have investors pressing corporate leaders for action to minimize environmental damage and to maximize disclosure of risks...
Brexit deal ‘overwhelmingly unlikely’, UK source says Germany’s Merkel told Britain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a Brexit deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely” in a call on Tuesday unless Britain left Northern...
Brexit deal is essentially impossible ever: Downing Street source
A Brexit deal is essentially impossible as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson that to do one Northern Ireland must...
Hong Kong leader Lam does not rule out Beijing help, as economy suffers
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday did not rule out asking Beijing for help, as the Asian financial hub struggles to deal with...
India to lift travel advisory on Kashmir two months after crackdown
India will on Thursday lift an advisory asking tourists and pilgrims to leave Jammu & Kashmir, further rolling back steps taken during a crackdown launched...