U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky kicked and punched me, teenager tells Swedish court
A teenager told a Swedish court on Tuesday that he was kicked and punched by U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage during...
Nigerian police seek to arrest members of banned Shi’ite group
Nigerian police are seeking help from the general public to arrest members of a banned Shi’ite Muslim group whose protests were declared illegal on Sunday,...
Climate champion Greta Thunberg to set sail on zero-carbon trip
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg will sail to the United Nations climate summit in New York from Britain, where she’ll warn about the dangers of...
French festival launches hundreds of hot air balloons
It failed to break the record, but the “Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons” festival sent as many balloons in the air as the last time...
Americans accused of Rome murder reacted with tears, disbelief: prosecutor
An American teenager accused of stabbing an Italian policeman to death last week began to weep, and his alleged accomplice voiced disbelief, when told after...
Russians demand vast wildfires consuming Siberia be extinguished
More than half a million Russians have demanded the authorities do more to tackle vast wildfires in Siberia that environmentalists have dubbed an ecological catastrophe,...
Notre-Dame toxic fallout lawsuit turns heat on Paris authorities
An environmental protection group has filed a suit alleging lives were deliberately endangered after the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, saying authorities failed...
It’s time to boost Africa’s industrial capacity: AfDB
African nations need to boost output of goods and services to benefit from a new $3.4 trillion economic initiative, the head of the African Development...
Congress seeks briefing on potential threat to U.S. heparin supply
Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday asked the Food and Drug Administration about the potential threat to the U.S. heparin...
Putin ally warns opposition protesters: We won’t allow anarchy
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, told opposition activists on Tuesday he would not allow their protest movement to plunge the...