This Sky has no limits: a skateboarding prodigy targets the Tokyo Olympics
Sky Brown, the 11-year-old skateboarding prodigy who is poised to become Britain’s youngest ever Olympian at the 2020 Tokyo Games, has already amassed an enviable...
Sudan closes borders with Libya, Central African Republic
Sudan’s transitional government ordered the immediate closure of the nation’s borders with Libya and Central African Republic on Thursday, citing unspecified security and economic “dangers”....
White House intervened to ‘lock down’ records of Trump-Ukraine call – whistleblower
A whistleblower report released on Thursday said President Donald Trump not only abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 U.S....
Lorenzo intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane: NHC
Lorenzo has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Thursday....
UK royals give Boaty McBoatface polar ship its official name
Prince William and his wife Kate formally named a new British polar research ship “Sir David Attenborough” on Thursday, a more dignified title than the...
Ukrainian leader’s rivals use Trump call to kick him, voters more forgiving
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s political opponents rebuked him on Thursday over what they said was his amateurish handling of a phone call with U.S. President...
New Spanish poll points to another election stalemate
Spain’s second election this year is unlikely to break the stalemate between the main right and left-wing parties, with acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist...
Five years after mass student kidnapping, Mexico digs for remains in new dump
Mexican officials have begun scouring new sites for the remains of 43 student teachers including a garbage dump near where they disappeared five years ago,...
Local officials in 31 U.S. states write to McDonald’s on sexual harassment
Scores of local government officials from 31 U.S. states pressured McDonald’s Corp’s on Thursday to do a better job of protecting workers from groping, obscene...
U.S. House panel asks e-cigarette companies to cease advertising
A U.S. House panel sent letters to four e-cigarette companies asking them to stop all print, broadcast and digital advertising of their products in the...