Two years on, Hollywood’s A-list reflect on #MeToo changes
From Nicole Kidman to Angelina Jolie, A-list actors reflect on whether the #MeToo movement has changed Hollywood, two years on since the Harvey Weinstein scandal....
High ambitions: Uruguay cannabis firm targets booming global market for medical marijuana
In a white, sterilized laboratory on the outskirts of Uruguayan capital Montevideo, biochemist Javier Varela and his team are carefully cultivating plants for a booming...
Russia opens fire on North Korean fishing boat; detains 21 for alleged poaching: Ifax
Russian border guards opened fire on a North Korean fishing boat and detained 21 crew for alleged poaching in the Sea of Japan, the Federal...
German ministries fail to agree details of climate deal – sources
German ministries have failed to agree on a set of climate protection measures, government sources told Reuters on Wednesday, leaving little time to fulfil Chancellor...
Hurricane Lorenzo strikes Azores, power cuts reported
Hurricane Lorenzo reached Portugal’s Azores islands early on Wednesday, causing power outages and knocking down trees across the mid-Atlantic archipelago, authorities said....
For Iran, mixed U.S. messages about sanctions not acceptable: Iran president
The mixed messages that Iran received from the U.S. about sanctions undermine the possibility of bilateral talks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, in...
Japan’s Kore-eda says ‘The Truth’ could only have been made with Deneuve
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda found the pieces magically falling into place for his film, “The Truth”, even though he had to revive a long-dormant script,...
Baby elephant nursed back to health at Myanmar sanctuary
Baby elephant Ayeyar Sein trumpets impatiently as a vet prepares her milk bottle and walks cautiously, her front left leg in a splint made of...
UK PM Johnson to unveil ‘final Brexit offer’ to EU
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and say that, if Brussels does not engage with...
Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan to visit South African township
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will tour a Johannesburg township on Wednesday before meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela’s widow on a...