Police forcibly remove climate activists blocking major Amsterdam street
Police began forcibly removing climate change activists who blocked a major street in downtown Amsterdam on Monday, arresting 50 after they defied orders to move...
Kaelin, Ratcliffe and Semenza win 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize
Scientists William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of how cells sense and adapt...
Yemeni govt, separatists close to deal on ending Aden stand-off – sources
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are close to a deal that would end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden and see...
Iran calls on Iraqi people to preserve unity, show restraint: TV
Iran is calling on the Iraqi people to show restraint, an Iranian government spokesman said on Monday, after days of unrest in Iraq during which...
Philippine president’s muscle disorder is ‘nothing serious’: official
Allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte played down concern about his health on Monday after the firebrand leader announced he is suffering from a chronic...
London police arrest 21 climate change protesters as mass action starts
Police in London said they had arrested 21 climate activists by 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Monday as the Extinction Rebellion protest group launched two...
Taiwan says China is an ‘authoritarian’ threat in the Pacific
Taiwan said on Monday China was practicing “authoritarian expansionism” in the Pacific, pointing to reports of plans for Chinese military presence in two Pacific countries...
Accelmed seeks to raise $100 million for fourth health tech fund
Accelmed, a U.S.-Israel group of funds investing in medical device and digital health companies, said on Monday it was establishing a new fund with the...
Some $71 billion of Japanese coal assets at risk from cheaper renewables
As much as $71 billion of Japanese coal assets could be at risk as the economic viability of plants is undermined by cheaper renewable energy,...
Russian village’s last teacher stays on for her one remaining pupil
Uminur Kuchukova, 61, could have retired years ago, but she continues to teach at this dying Russian village’s once bustling school for the sake of...