Exclusive: As fires race through Amazon, Brazil’s Bolsonaro weakens environment agency
As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon jungle, the nation’s far-right government is undermining the agency charged with protecting the...
Bar fire kills at least 23 in southern Mexico
At least 23 people died in a fire at a bar in Mexico’s southern port city of Coatzacoalcos, after what could have been an attack...
Fighting resumes between Yemen’s government forces, separatists in Aden: residents
Fighting resumed in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday, when government forces stormed its eastern suburbs and exchanged heavy artillery fire with southern...
Record rain in south Japan brings flood chaos, kills at least two
Torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in Japan on Wednesday, killing at least two people and prompting authorities to order more than 900,000 people to...
Taliban say near agreement on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Taliban said on Wednesday they were close to an agreement with U.S. officials on a deal that would see U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan...
Chinese-owned nickel plant spills waste into Papua New Guinea bay
Waste from a nickel plant in Papua New Guinea owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China spilled into the adjacent Basamuk Bay over the weekend, three...
Wake up and smell the coffee! from your Ukrainian sunglasses
Ukraine’s innovative OCHIS eyewear brand is getting customers to literally smell the coffee – by making sunglasses out of coffee waste....
France proposes central banker Goulard as European Commission candidate: source
France has proposed Sylvie Goulard, the deputy governor of the Bank of France and a former European lawmaker, as its candidate for European Union commissioner,...
Australia moves to protect universities from foreign interference
Australian universities will be required to work with security agencies to ensure they guard against undue foreign interference, Minister for Education Dan Tehan said on...
Russia, Turkey discuss supply of Russian stealth fighter jet: RIA
Russia and Turkey are discussing the possibility of deliveries of Russian-made SU-57 and SU-35 military aircraft to Turkey, the RIA news agency cited a Russian...