Sour taste: Australian celebrity chief underpaid employees $5.62 million
An Australian celebrity chef said on Thursday he had underpaid hundreds of his restaurant employees by nearly A$8 million ($5.62 million) over six years....
India’s monsoon rains below average in past week, raising crop worries
India’s monsoon rains were 20% below average in the week ending on Wednesday, the weather office said, as summer showers turned patchy over the central,...
Outrageous to suspend parliament in October over no-deal Brexit: minister
It would be outrageous for parliament to be suspended in October ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit, a possible tactic by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner...
EU is ‘unimpressed’ by threats of no-deal Brexit: BBC
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said in an interview to be published on Thursday that he was unimpressed by threats of no-deal Brexit but that...
More than 10 feared dead in suspected Japan animation studio arson
More than 10 people are feared dead and dozens injured or missing in a suspected case of arson at an animation studio in the Japanese...
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes southwest Iran
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday....
More than 10 feared dead in suspected Japan animation studio arson: media
More than 10 people are feared dead in a suspected case of arson at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday,...
Does renewables pioneer Germany risk running out of power?
Germany, a poster child for responsible energy, is renouncing nuclear and coal. The problem is, say many power producers and grid operators, it may struggle...
Italy’s Salvini says elections still possible after summer break
Italy still has time to dissolve parliament and go to elections after the summer break, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told daily Il Corriere della...
Police need intercept tools as mobile networks develop: Europol
European law enforcement agencies set to lose the ability to tap criminals’ mobile devices with the launch of 5G technology must be brought into discussions...