France drops plans to build sodium-cooled nuclear reactor
France’s CEA nuclear agency has dropped plans to build a prototype sodium-cooled nuclear reactor, it said on Friday, after decades of research and hundreds of...
Pakistan PM leads demonstration on Kashmir in bid to win over world opinion
Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill on Friday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity...
Great Barrier Reef outlook ‘very poor’
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in very poor condition because of climate change, over fishing and land clearing, a state agency said on Friday, as...
Alabama governor apologizes for blackface incident
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey acknowledged on Thursday she wore blackface during a college skit in the 1960s and she apologized for the episode, becoming the...
Ebola death toll in east Congo climbs above 2,000
The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome...
EU will keep working to preserve Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini
The European Union will work to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and would welcome any moves to add to its conditions, EU foreign...
Erdogan says eyeing Russian jets; plans to meet Trump in New York
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey will ensure it is able to buy and produce fighter jets and that Russian Su-35s and Su-57s...
UK’s Johnson says lawmaker attempts to stop no-deal Brexit make it more likely
Lawmakers who are seeking to block a no-deal Brexit are making it more likely that Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, British Prime...
Brexit: PM Johnson faces mounting legal, political, diplomatic challenges
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan was facing mounting legal, political and diplomatic challenges on Friday as Ireland accused Britain of being unreasonable and former...
China denies credentials to Wall Street Journal reporter
China has not renewed journalist’s credentials for a reporter of the Wall Street Journal, the newspaper’s parent company said on Friday, effectively kicking him out...