Hip hope: Universal Music opens Southeast Asia HQ betting on rap
Korea brought the world K-Pop. India, the music of Bollywood. Could the chaotic, fast-growing region of Southeast Asia be a new hotbed for hip hop?...
Merkel criticizes Netanyahu plan to annex Jordan Valley
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement last week that he intended to annex the Jordan valley in the...
Merkel suggests she wants to uphold halt in arms exports to Saudi
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday suggested she wanted to stick to Germany’s halt in arms exports to Saudi, saying she did not see any reason...
Merkel urges return to Iran nuclear deal to defuse Middle East tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a return to an international deal curbing Iran’s nuclear activities as the only way to defuse tensions...
Sean Spicer ‘spices up’ Dancing with the Stars
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer donned a lime green shirt to dance to the Spice Girls on Monday (September 16), amid controversy over...
Teen climate activist to urge climate action on Capitol Hill
Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg will join other youth leaders to urge U.S. lawmakers to support “transformative climate action” during two days of...
Trial of Tepco executives over Japan’s Fukushima disaster heads to conclusion
A Tokyo court will hand down a verdict later this week on whether three Tokyo Electric Power executives are liable for the 2011 Fukushima disaster,...
Conservative leader tells Sanchez will vote against him as PM: source
The leader of Spain’s main opposition People’s Party, Pablo Casado, told Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez in a telephone conversation on Tuesday his party would oppose...
Spanish center-right leader seeks meeting with acting PM to break deadlock
The leader of Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos party has requested a meeting with acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to try to break a political deadlock and...
WeWork’s troubled market debut is delayed
WeWork owner The We Company said on Monday it’s walked away from preparations for an IPO this month, which comes amid concerns it could get...