Italy’s fashion industry expects growth to stall in 2019 then rebound
Italy’s fashion industry expects its revenues to stall this year, with growth of just 0.1%, a far cry from the average 3% annual growth rate...
‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake
Stunned residents of the Bahamas surveyed the wreckage of their homes and officials struggled to assess the number killed by Hurricane Dorian, as the storm...
Serbia raps Croatia over treatment of Afghan migrants
Serbia’s refugee agency has accused Croatian border police of torturing a 16-year-old Afghan refugee and of denying him and 15 other migrants traveling with him...
Cigna rolls out new plan to fully cover multi-million dollar gene therapies
Health insurer Cigna Corp said on Thursday it had introduced a plan to fully cover costs for expensive gene therapies, eliminating any out-of-pocket payments for...
UK PM Johnson’s brother quits parliament, torn between family loyalty and national interest
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing...
South Africa seeks to contain “Afrophobia” fallout as riots overshadow showpiece conference
South Africa’s government acknowledged on Thursday that prejudice was partly to blame for deadly rioting that has targeted foreign businesses, as those attacks and reprisals...
Nurture peace and make it last, Pope tells post-war Mozambique
Pope Francis urged the people of Mozambique on Thursday to nurture their hard-earned peace and strive to provide equal opportunities for all so as not...
China CO2 emissions to peak in 2022, ahead of schedule: government researcher
China’s emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases are likely to peak by 2022 even without the introduction of tougher policies, well ahead of an original target...
Boris Johnson’s brother resigns from UK government
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing...
Boris Johnson’s own brother resigns on eve of Brexit election campaign
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed...