China’s Guangdong to release another 3,150 tonnes of pork from reserves to secure supplies
China’s Guangdong province said it will release 3,150 tonnes of frozen pork from reserves during the upcoming holidays, part of a campaign to secure supplies...
Factbox: Tunisia’s main candidates for presidential elections
Tunisia’s presidential election on Sept. 15 has a crowded field of candidates, all vying to lead the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 “Arab...
Mnuchin considering U.S. sanctions over Turkey’s S-400 purchase
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on related to Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400...
Italy’s prime minister hopes for EU harmony, economic revival
Italy’s prime minister said on Monday his new coalition combining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the pro-Europe Democratic Party (PD) would avoid rows and rancor...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says back to work on Tuesday after surgery
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he will back on the job on Tuesday, two days...
Death of an activist: unsolved murder exposes fraught outlook in Mexico
Human rights activists in Mexico had already suffered a bad year by the time 58-year-old Cristina Vazquez was murdered in her apartment in an affluent...
France’s Le Drain: too early to lift sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine
France’s foreign minister on Monday welcomed positive moves by Russia and Ukraine in past weeks to ease a crisis between the two countries, including a...
Suicide kills one person every 40 seconds, says WHO
Across the world, one person takes their own life every 40 seconds, and more people die by suicide every year than in war, the World...
Boris Johnson signs guest book on Dublin trip
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar sat down for Brexit talks on Monday, but both said a breakthrough was not...
‘The Goldfinch’ aims to live up to book at Toronto Film Festival
‘The Goldfinch’ felt the pressure to live up to the award-winning book upon which the film is based, members of the cast and crew said...