South Africa’s PPC bows to environmental regulations
South African cement company PPC said on Friday it expects to pay as much as 120 million rand ($8.5 million) per year due to the...
French health watchdog recommends ending reimbursement for homeopathic drugs
France’s health watchdog on Friday recommended that social security stop reimbursing patients for homeopathic drugs, citing insufficient effectiveness....
Kremlin says Trump showed readiness to start dialogue on stability, disarmament
U.S. President Donald Trump has shown readiness to start a dialogue with Russia on strategic stability and disarmament,...
Relations between Brazil lawmakers, government improve: survey
Relations between Brazilian lawmakers and the government are improving, a survey showed on Friday, boosting the chances that the Congress will approve pension reform that...
U.S. sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s son: U.S. Treasury website
The Trump administration on Friday ratcheted up its pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by targeting his son, also named Nicolas Maduro, with sanctions....
Encompass Health to pay $48 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations: DOJ
Encompass Health Corp has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the U.S. Justice Department said on...
West calls on Albanians to avoid violence in disputed election
European bodies and the United States called on Albanian parties on Friday to avoid violence during mayoral elections, due to be held across the country...
Genoa blasts away remnants of tragic motorway bridge
Italian engineers on Friday blew up the looming remnants of a motorway viaduct in the northern city of Genoa whose collapse last August killed 43...
Italy investigates captain of migrant-rescue ship
Italian prosecutors have put the German captain of a rescue ship under investigation for allegedly aiding people-smugglers, raising the stakes in a standoff that is...
German captain becomes anti-populist heroine in Italy migrant standoff
The young German captain of a migrant-rescue ship stranded off Italy dismissed threats of arrest and personal criticism from the country’s far right interior minister...