Greeks stage nationwide strike over reform plans of new government
Greek private sector workers walked off the job on Wednesday in a 24-hour strike, the second such walkout nationwide within a week, to protest against...
Lorenzo weakens to Category 1 hurricane
Lorenzo has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to be a strong extratropical cyclone when it approaches Ireland on Thursday afternoon, the...
Hackers targeted personal data held at top Australian university: report
Cyber-attackers spent months targeting personal information of students and employees at one of Australia’s most prestigious universities, a report into a 2018 breach released on...
Hurricane Lorenzo reaches Azores, minor incidents reported
Hurricane Lorenzo reached Portugal’s Azores islands early on Wednesday, causing strong winds and a few minor incidents such as fallen trees across the mid-Atlantic archipelago,...
South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever in North Korea border town
South Korea on Wednesday confirmed two additional cases of African swine fever at pig farms in Paju, a town near its border with North Korea,...
Taiwan divers search for trapped fishermen after bridge collapse killed four
Rescuers in Taiwan were searching on Wednesday for two foreign fishermen believed to have been trapped in boats crushed after a bridge collapsed into a...
Japan government: North Korea may have fired just one missile
Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday the ballistic missile North Korea launched earlier in the day may have split into two before falling into...
Azores shuts roads, schools as hurricane approaches
As winds started to blow, authorities closed numerous streets and roads in Portugal’s Azores islands in preparation for Hurricane Lorenzo, which is expected to hit...
North Korea fires possible submarine-launched ballistic missile: South Korea
North Korea fired at least one missile off its east coast on Wednesday that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine, a...
U.S. House committees seek to hold line on Pompeo in impeachment probe
The leaders of three U.S. House of Representatives committees accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of intimidating witnesses on Tuesday, and said doing so is...