Argentina’s Macri says to cut workers’ income taxes and increase welfare subsidies
Argentine President Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday he would increase welfare subsidies and lower workers’ income taxes as part of a package of measures aimed...
Statue of ‘comfort women’ pulled from Japan exhibit finds new home
A Spanish businessman has bought a statue symbolizing women forced to work in Japanese military brothels which was removed from an exhibition in Japan after...
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky spared jail after being found guilty of Stockholm brawl
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky was convicted of assault by a Stockholm court on Wednesday but was spared time in prison after a high-profile trial that...
Eye for an eye: why HK’s protesters wear patches
Protesters at Hong Kong’s paralyzed international airport have taken to wearing eye patches in solidarity with a young woman who was injured in a violent...
Argentina’s Macri to announce economic measures after days of market turmoil: presidential source
Argentine President Mauricio Macri will announce new economic measures on Wednesday before markets open, following two days of economic turmoil triggered by an election upset...
Thailand orders arrests of four more suspects in Bangkok blasts
Thai authorities issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for four more suspects believed to be responsible for a series of bomb attacks as the capital hosted...
‘Collaborators’ are undermining Britain’s Brexit bet, PM says
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday some British lawmakers hoping to block Brexit were engaged in “terrible” collaboration with the European Union by undermining...
Southern Yemeni separatists tell Saudi Arabia: evict Islah or lose the war
Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military...
Grieving relatives ask Italian road chiefs to leave bridge memorial ceremony
Grieving relatives asked bosses of Italy’s biggest motorway operator to leave a ceremony held on Wednesday to remember victims of the bridge collapse in the...
Pakistan PM accuses India of planning military action in Kashmir
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan used an address celebrating Independence Day on Wednesday to accuse India of planning military action in the disputed Kashmir region...