Spanish police bust drug ring that smuggled cocaine-laced plastic
Spanish police have busted a cocaine-smuggling ring that dodged detection by mixing the drug with industrial plastic pellets before chemically removing it in three specially...
Word whiz kids compete for $50,000 prize in U.S. spelling bee
Nearly 500 word wizards were still in contention on Wednesday as the Scripps National Spelling Bee entered its second day, as the best young spellers...
Arkansas, Oklahoma brace for historic flooding in storm-hit U.S. Midwest
Communities along the swollen Arkansas River in Oklahoma and Arkansas prepared on Wednesday for further flooding, with the mayor of Tulsa urging thousands of residents...
Who will be the next ‘Mr or Ms. Europe’?
European Union leaders engaged in a first skirmish on Tuesday over who should become the next chief of the European Commission, giving themselves a short...
‘Once in a lifetime’ Eiffel Tower zipline celebrates French Open
The 800-meter journey begins from the balcony of the Eiffel Tower balcony and ends outside the 18th century military complex of Ecole Militaire. Rough cut...
Bolton: Iran likely behind UAE tanker attack
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this month were...
UK PM candidate Johnson to face court over Brexit claims
Boris Johnson, the favorite to replace Theresa May as British prime minister, must appear in court over allegations he lied about Brexit by stating Britain...
Argentina strike shuts down key grain ports, grounds flights
A nationwide strike in Argentina protesting austerity measures under President Mauricio Macri brought the country’s airports to a standstill and halted work at key grains...
No-deal Brexit risk seen rising again but still low
No-deal Brexit risks are on the rise again, some investment banks say, though parliament’s resolute opposition to Britain crashing out of the EU without a...
Save coal, lose youth vote? Far-right German party faces climate policy revolt
A youth wing of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called on the party to rethink its climate scepticism, which includes defending the coal...