Denmark calls for EU strategy to phase out diesel and petrol cars from 2030
Denmark, backed by 10 other European Union countries, on Friday called for a strategy to phase out diesel and petrol cars, including allowing the ban...
Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls for government resignation, snap election with international monitors: statement
Iraqi populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls on Friday for the government to resign and a snap election to be held monitored by international experts, a...
Powerful cleric urges Iraq government to quit as protests rage
One of Iraq’s most influential clerics called on Friday for the government to resign as the death toll rose to 65 in three days of...
Haitian protesters clash with police in new push for president’s ouster
Haitians armed with rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails clashed with police on Friday as they called on President Jovenel Moise, blamed for a deep economic...
Morocco coalition party quits ahead of reshuffle
A member of Morocco’s governing coalition said on Friday it would join the opposition ahead of a reshuffle requested by King Mohammed VI, citing disagreements...
Federal judge leans toward upholding Massachusetts vaping ban
A federal judge in Boston on Friday said she was “leaning toward” upholding a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products by Governor Charlie...
Eating nuts might help limit weight gain
(Reuters Health) – Despite their high calorie counts, daily doses of nuts might help people keep off excess weight, especially when nuts are substituted for...
Pioneering actress Diahann Carroll dies at 84
Tony-winning actress and singer Diahann Carroll passes away in her home in Los Angeles at 84. Freddie Joyner has more....
Diahann Carroll, TV trailblazer for black women, dead at 84
Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for black women on American television in the late 1960s by playing...
Britain’s Prince Harry to sue tabloid press owners over phone-hacking
Britain’s Prince Harry is to sue the publishers of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper and the Daily Mirror over allegations of phone-hacking as he and his...