Climate activists find warmer reception at shareholder meetings
Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a...
Under U.S. asylum treaty pressure, Guatemala’s president to visit Washington
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will travel to Washington next week following weeks of intense negotiations aimed at declaring the Central American country a safe destination...
Portugal charges 89 Hells Angels after Lisbon attack last year
Portuguese prosecutors have charged 89 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club with involvement in organized crime, attempted murder, robbery and drug trafficking, the public...
Indian police raid prominent lawyers who took on ruling party leaders
Indian police raided the offices and homes of two top human rights lawyers on Thursday in an investigation into foreign funding for their NGO, prompting...
India hands over 250 houses for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine
India has handed over 250 prefabricated houses it built in Myanmar’s Rakhine state as part of a broader effort to help tens of thousands of...
French energy minister stays on despite lobster scandal
France’s environment minister is prepared to reimburse any undue expense from lavish lobster-and-wine dinners he hosted when parliament speaker, his boss said on Thursday, ratifying...
Colombia’s Duque says wanted FARC lawmaker may have fled to Venezuela
A fugitive lawmaker and former FARC rebel commander sought by U.S. and Colombian authorities may have fled to Venezuela, Colombia’s president said on Thursday, threatening...
Spain’s Sanchez says no new election planned despite government impasse
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday he was not planning to call a new election and would keep pursuing a deal to...
Germany must repatriate from Syria IS fighter’s wife and children: court
A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a suspected Islamic State fighter,...
American Eagle to start selling cannabis-based balms, lotions this year
American Eagle Outfitters Inc will start selling cannabidiol (CBD)-infused personal care products in the United States later this year, entering a market that has seen...