Icebreaker salvages lost Beluga whale recordings
A year-long recording of the high-pitched clicks made by Beluga whales has been salvaged from the Arctic after the crew of a Swedish icebreaker chanced...
EU to choose between Dijsselbloem, Georgieva, for IMF; Rehn quits
European Union governments will try on Friday to choose a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund from a field narrowed to just two, Dutchman...
Russia says new U.S sanctions over Skripal poisoning hurt ties
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that a move by the United States to impose another round of sanctions on Moscow over the...
Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on
Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations....
Shut Philadelphia refinery begins risky job of removing toxic chemical
Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant of roughly 30,000 barrels of modified hydrofluoric...
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said, despite protests that it will displace thousands of...
Tsunami warning for parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, Java after strong quake
Indonesian authorities urged coastal-dwellers to head for higher ground on Friday after a tsunami warning with potential for waves up to three meters (10 feet)...
EU race to nominate IMF head narrows to two as Finland’s Rehn pulls out
European Union governments are set to choose on Friday the bloc’s candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund between Dutchman Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Bulgaria’s Kristalina...
EU race for IMF chief down to three as Spain’s Calvino quits
European Union governments will try on Friday to choose a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund from a list of three names, after two...
Russia says new U.S sanctions over Skripal poisoning damage ties: RIA
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday it regretted a move by the United States to impose new sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning...