French boy thrown from London gallery suffered brain bleed and spine injuries, court told
A teenager appeared in court on Tuesday charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old French boy was reportedly thrown from a 10th-floor viewing platform at...
Over 10 billion tons of ice melted in one day in Greenland
Danish officials say 10 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours....
GSK ends development of Ebola vaccine, hands work to U.S. institute
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is giving up its work on developing three potential vaccines against the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses, despite an ongoing Ebola outbreak...
Myanmar says U.N calls for sanctions, arms embargo a bid to harm country
Myanmar’s foreign ministry on Tuesday denounced a United Nations report that urged world leaders to cut ties with military-linked companies and impose an arms embargo...
Bulgaria seeks to buy 150 armored vehicles
Bulgaria has sent a request to four European countries for proposals for 150 armored vehicles, the defense ministry said on Tuesday....
Malaysian police widen search for missing Irish girl
Police in Malaysia widened their search on Tuesday for an Irish teenager who went missing from a holiday resort over the weekend, adding that they...
China warns Hong Kong protesters not to ‘play with fire’
Protesters in Hong Kong must not “play with fire” and mistake Beijing’s restraint for weakness, China said on Tuesday in its sharpest rebuke yet of...
In South Africa, job crunch makes life tough
With the unemployment rate climbing to its highest levels since 2008, 6.7 million South Africans are struggling to put food on the table. Francesca Lynagh...
Protectionism vs. a free trade dream in Africa
Adeleke Adeleye’s Nigerian printing company is booming. But as the African continent gets ready to implement a landmark 54-nation free trade agreement, he and many...
Ebola outbreak in east Congo’s main city tests flexibility of response
Deo Bakulu has been washing his hands every chance he gets since Ebola reached eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city of Goma last month....