Italian astronaut to watch World Cup match from space
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash....
Hungarian wages one-man campaign against floating garbage in river
Bence Pardy spent his summers as a child by Hungary’s second main river, the Tisza. Now, at 32, he has given up his job to...
Russia PM visit shows support for Cuba amid U.S. hostility
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev kicks off an official two-day visit to Havana on Thursday in a strong show of Russia’s support for the communist-run...
The world’s tallest pre-fab hotel
The world’s tallest modular hotel with 168 guest rooms is being prefabricated and fully furnished in a Polish factory before being shipped and stacked in...
Boom of planet-friendly funds will impact companies’ cost of capital: BlackRock
Huge flows of money into investment funds labeled environmentally friendly will make it more costly for some companies to access capital, BlackRock’s top mining sector...
Nearly 600 Burundian refugees head home as mass repatriation starts
Nearly 600 refugees left Tanzania to return to their homes in neighboring Burundi on Thursday, the United Nations said – the first batch in a...
A Minute With: ‘The King’ cast on Shakespeare and role models
Actor Timothee Chalamet plays an unwilling heir who inherits the throne in “The King”, a mediaeval coming-of-age tale loosely based on William Shakespeare’s plays about...
EU official says UK PM Johnson’s Brexit offer ‘can’t fly’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s last-ditch Brexit proposal “can’t fly” because it an unworkable move backwards that leaves Britain and the European Union far apart, a...
Indonesia accuses two Singaporeans over imported plastic waste
Indonesia is accusing two Singaporeans of importing 87 containers of plastic scrap without the correct permits, an official said on Thursday, marking a step up...
Philippines polio cases a warning for vulnerable Ukraine
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent...