Scottish university to pay 20 million pounds in slavery reparations
Scotland’s University of Glasgow said on Friday it would spend 20 million pounds ($24.4 million) to make amends for the historic financial support it received...
Ivory Coast under pressure to save mangroves and marine life
For generations, women in Ivory Coast have smoked the day’s catch both as a delicacy and as a means of preserving fish, but authorities in...
Pakistan Supreme Court orders action against judge in ex-PM case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered disciplinary action against a judge who convicted former premier Nawaz Sharif, effectively giving a boost to Sharif’s appeal against...
Six EU states to take in Ocean Viking migrants: Commission
The European Union’s top migration official said on Friday six countries in the bloc would take in migrants from the Ocean Viking rescue vessel....
Artists try to change image of violent Caracas slum
In the sprawling slum of Petare in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, a team of artists and residents led by Fabian Solymar are painting abstract murals...
Up to Britain to propose Irish border solutions: Germany
It is up to Britain to come up with proposals to solve the issue of the Irish border backstop, a German government spokesman said on...
Swedish police release two men held over Copenhagen blast
Swedish police released two men on Friday that were suspected to have been involved in an explosion outside the Danish Tax Agency in Copenhagen earlier...
South Africa pledges fiscal discipline in sweeping health reform
A proposed switch to universal health coverage in South Africa will be managed in a fiscally responsible way, a senior presidential aide told Reuters, forecasting...
South Korea to scrap security deal with Japan
South Korea says it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old dispute over history that...
China’s duck farmers cash in on pork crisis
African swine fever is decimating China’s pig herds, bad news in a country where pork accounts for more than 60% of the meat consumed. But...