Inquiry closed into UK lawmaker who grabbed female protester
An inquiry into the conduct of a lawmaker from Britain’s Conservative Party, who bundled a female protester out of a bankers’ dinner, has closed after...
Farmers protesting at trade deal vandalize office of Macron party lawmaker
Farmers protesting at a trade deal with Canada vandalized the office of a lawmaker from Emmanuel Macron’s LREM party on Monday in the latest example...
How one teen scooped millions playing Fortnite
American 16-year-old Kyle Giersdorf won $3 million on Sunday in the “Super Bowl” of online gaming, the Fortnite World Cup in Queens, New York. David...
Greece to overturn law that made universities no-go zone for police
Greece will propose legislation this week to scrap academic sanctuary, a law that was designed to protect protesting students and freedom of ideas but which...
Beijing won’t rule out Hong Kong military action
Questions are starting to mount over where the threshold is for intervention by the Chinese military in Hong Kong’s protest violence. Neither Beijing nor Hong...
Romania’s top court overturns criminal code changes
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Monday struck down changes to the criminal code made by the ruling Social Democrats that would have halted many anti-graft cases...
Italy mourns policeman, holds U.S. teenagers for suspected murder
Hundreds of mourners, including Italian political leaders, packed a provincial church on Monday for the funeral of a policeman allegedly murdered by two American teenagers...
South Africa’s Gordhan wins reprieve from public protector’s orders
South African minister Pravin Gordhan won a bid to avoid imminent disciplinary action on Monday after a court suspended orders from the public protector, in...
Bosnian divers jump off historic bridge to celebrate 15th anniversary of reconstruction
Amateur divers plunged into a part of history on Sunday as they jumped from Old Bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar as part of...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards publish purported exchange with British warship
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards published footage purportedly showing the Guards warning off a British warship during their July 19 seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker...