Brazil may accept G7 Amazon aid if France’s Macron withdraws ‘insults’: Bolsonaro
Brazil may accept an offer of at least $20 million from the Group of Seven nations to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, but only...
UNHCR says shipwreck off Libya may have cost many lives
The latest shipwreck off the coast of Libya may have cost many lives, although preliminary information suggested that about 60 people may have been rescued,...
U.S. advisor Bolton visits Ukraine to gauge new authorities
John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, said on Tuesday that he had traveled to Kiev to hear the priorities of the new...
In spotlight after Trump offer, Greenland sees chance for an economic win
Greenland’s leaders want to use global interest in the Arctic island aroused by President Donald Trump’s eye-catching offer of a sale to stimulate investment and...
Russia flouted dead lawyer Magnitsky’s rights, says European court
Europe’s top human rights court rebuked Russia on Tuesday for multiple violations of the basic rights of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in a Moscow...
Keira Knightley turns whistleblower in new Iraq War drama
The actress portrays a British government employee who was fired for leaking a secret U.S. memo in the run up to the 2003 war. Rough...
Chemicals, plastic makers to focus on curbing SE Asia plastic waste
A global alliance of plastic makers and consumer goods companies said on Tuesday it would prioritize much of its $1 billion funds to curb plastic...
Britain’s Corbyn ‘will do everything necessary’ to stop no-deal Brexit
Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would do everything necessary to prevent Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal as he...
Norway nuclear monitor backtracks on theory of second Russia blast
Reports of a second blast from a deadly Russian rocket engine test may be wrong, and the signals could stem from unrelated mining activity, the...
Netanyahu tells Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to ‘calm down’ after drone incident
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to “calm down” after he said his movement was preparing a response to the...