Pelosi’s Ghana visit marks slave trade’s 400th anniversary
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke in Ghana’s parliament during a three-day visit to the country on Wednesday. Rough cut (no reporter narration)....
Tunisia prime minister to run for president following Essebsi’s death
Tunisia’s liberal prime minister, Youssef Chahed, will run for president in an early election expected on Sept. 15, his Tahaya Tounes party said on Wednesday,...
Italy and EU end latest standoff on African asylum seekers
The European Union ended a standoff with Italy over African immigration on Wednesday, agreeing to take 116 asylum-seekers rescued at sea last week but denied...
Trump administration opens door to importing medicine from Canada
The Trump administration took a first step on Wednesday toward allowing the importation of medicines from Canada, an action the president has advocated as a...
Exclusive: India’s monsoon rains to make up early shortfall – weather chief
Monsoon rains in the coming weeks are likely to make up for a shortfall in the first two months of the season that began in...
In Greece’s Aegean Sea, divers find ‘gulf of plastic corals’
Like colorful corals, they swayed in the underwater current....
Bulgaria’s anti-corruption chief resigns over apartment scandal
The head of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission has resigned following a scandal over purchases of luxury properties at favorable prices that has already forced some senior...
‘I live in constant fear,’ says Bulgaria data breach victim
Mariana Krasteva, a 55-year old engineer, is one of more than four million Bulgarians, whose personal data was stolen in the country’s biggest-ever cyber breach,...
Mexico’s president says first half growth data is ‘very good news’
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday repeated his view that the country’s economy is doing well, saying that data showing that gross domestic...
Mexico narrowly escapes recession with minimal second-quarter growth
Mexico narrowly avoided slipping into recession during the first half of 2019 as gross domestic product grew by a fraction in the second quarter, an...