Floodwaters rise on Charleston’s streets as Hurricane Dorian skirts U.S. coast
The nearly deserted rain-lashed streets of Charleston, South Carolina, began to disappear beneath water on Thursday as Hurricane Dorian churned a few dozen miles offshore...
Mexico president says El Chapo’s drug wealth should go to Mexico
Mexico’s president on Thursday welcomed a proposal to give the alleged fortune of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the country’s indigenous people, and...
U.S. Middle East envoy Greenblatt to resign after plan released
Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, plans to resign once the long-delayed U.S. peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians...
Seven of tanker Stena Impero’s crew reach Dubai after Iran frees them
Seven of the 23 crew members of the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero that was seized by Iran in July reached Dubai on Thursday after Tehran...
New Italian coalition sworn in, seeks better ties with Europe
Italy’s new government, combining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and center-left Democratic Party (PD), was sworn into office on Thursday, promising to reset Rome’s often fraught...
Norway’s CO2 seabed storage project gets boost from industry, EU
Norway’s Equinor signed preliminary agreements on Thursday with seven potential industrial customers for its project to develop carbon dioxide storage under the North Sea, a...
Putin slams Italy’s arrest of Russian executive at U.S. request
Russian President Vladimir Putin complained on Thursday about Italy’s arrest of a Russian state executive on suspicion of industrial espionage at Washington’s request, saying the...
H&M halts leather purchases from Brazil due to Amazon wildfires
H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Thursday it had stopped purchasing leather from Brazil for the time being due to environmental concerns highlighted...
Germany to start closing black coal plants in 2020: draft law
Germany plans to shut down its first power plants that use black coal in 2020, a draft law seen by Reuters on Thursday showed, as...
South Africa tries to contain ‘Afrophobia’ fallout as riots upstage summit
South African ministers promised on Thursday to tackle the prejudice fuelling a wave of riots and xenophobic attacks, as growing international anger over the violence...