Von der Leyen courts EU lawmakers in bid to become Commission chief
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen made her pitch to European lawmakers on Wednesday to be the next head of the EU executive, promising to focus...
Brazil pension reform approval within reach, markets surge
Brazil’s lower house of Congress is expected to vote on a landmark overhaul to the country’s pension system on Wednesday, triggering a surge across Brazilian...
Australia to vote on indigenous recognition
Australia announced that it will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in the country’s constitution, an...
Exclusive: Western countries rebuke China at U.N. for detention of Uighurs
Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move...
Sour note: Sistine Chapel Choir director resigns after fraud allegations
The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, which has provided the musical backdrop to papal events for centuries, has resigned following allegations of fraud and...
Soviet sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation
A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation, researchers said on Wednesday following an expedition that used a remotely...
Tanzania says elephant, rhino populations rebounding after anti-poaching crackdown
Elephant and rhino populations in Tanzania have begun to rebound after a government crackdown dismantled organised criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching, the country’s presidency...
Morocco’s Platinum Power partners with China’s CFHEC on $300 million hydropower project
Renewable energy investor Platinum Power, a unit of U.S. private equity firm Brookstone Partners, has teamed up with China’s CFHEC to build a $300 million...
In hotbed of Sudan’s uprising, activists torn over transition deal
The Khartoum district of Burri was a fulcrum of the uprising against Sudan’s former leader Omar al-Bashir and the generals who replaced him, its residents...
Nigeria’s president may name cabinet nominees this week: senate leader
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari could name his cabinet nominees as soon as this week, the senate president said on Wednesday, a move that could end...