Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un hold summit in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China’s Xi Jinping meet in Pyongyang on Thursday for a summit , as tensions flare between the US...
South Sudan lawmakers storm out of budget presentation in parliament
South Sudan lawmakers stormed out of a budget presentation for the 2019/20 financial year by the finance minister on Thursday, citing frustrations over non-payment of...
Freddie Mercury returns in new release of song “Time”
A stripped back version of Freddie Mercury performing the song “Time” is released on Thursday (June 20), emerging after a long search for the recording...
France has no plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use: minister
France will not legalize the recreational use of cannabis but could consider authorizing its medical use, Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Thursday....
Freddie Mercury returns in release of stripped-back version of ‘Time’
A stripped-back version of Freddie Mercury performing the song “Time” is released on Thursday, the result of a long search for the 1986 recording made...
Japan Olympics chief at heart of bribery probe
The resignation of Japan’s Olympics chief, Tsunekazu Takeda, comes three years after allegations first surfaced that Tokyo’s Olympics bidding committee had paid more than $2...
New York lawmakers pass aggressive law to fight climate change
New York state lawmakers passed early Thursday one of the nation’s most ambitious plans to slow climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero...
Four jailed for life in Austria migrant death truck case
Four human traffickers were jailed for life in a final ruling in a Hungarian court on Thursday for the deaths of 71 migrants whose decomposing...
Iran shoots down U.S. military drone in Gulf region
Iran has shot down a U.S. drone which the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday was flying over southern Iran, raising fears that a major...
China’s Xi arrives in North Korea week before he’s due to meet Trump
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbor, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and...