UK’s Johnson to meet Macron, Merkel next week: Guardian
British leader Boris Johnson will travel to meet his French and German counterparts on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, in his first foreign engagements since...
Democratic, Republican lawmakers back $8 billion F-16 sale to Taiwan
Congress should move quickly with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan as China “seeks to extend its authoritarian reach” over the...
Deforestation in Brazil, vote in Argentina endanger EU-Mercosur pact
Brazil’s backsliding on Amazon conservation under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and a likely Peronist return to power in Argentina could delay or even derail ratification...
French ‘Spiderman’ scales Hong Kong building, hangs peace banner
Climber Alain Robert on Friday scaled up Hong Kong’s Cheung Kong Center and unfurled a banner with ”a message of peace”, as the territory geared...
Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic heart valves win FDA approval for expanded use
Heart valve systems from Edwards Lifesciences Corp and Medtronic Plc have been approved for use in a condition that restricts blood flow from the heart...
Zimbabwe opposition backs down from protest to avoid ‘blood in the streets’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party called off planned anti-government demonstrations on Friday, saying it aimed to avert bloodshed after police rounded up its followers and dispersed...
Italy’s Salvini dismisses fears for health of stranded migrants
A charity rescue ship carrying 134 migrants, mostly Africans, was stranded off the coast of Italy on Friday as a political battle in Rome stopped...
FDA approves AbbVie’s new rheumatoid arthritis drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved AbbVie Inc’s new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a win for the drugmaker seeking to widen its...
UK judge to allow firm to try to seize $9 billion in Nigerian assets in gas dispute
A judge in London said on Friday he would grant a firm called Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) the right to seek to seize...
Turkey says Syria safe zone centre to start work next week
A joint Turkish-U.S. operation centre to establish and manage a safe zone in northeast Syria will be fully operational next week, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi...