Two killed in mass stabbing in Japan
One young schoolgirl was killed and at least 12 others were injured in a stabbing at a bus stop just outside the Japanese capital, Tokyo,...
Occidental to sell parts of Anadarko after debt-fueled acquisition
Occidental Petroleum snatched up some of the richest shale oilfields in Texas when it beat out rival Chevron Corp in a bidding war to acquire...
Two more shippers join Maersk’s cost-cutting blockchain-based platform
Two of the world’s biggest shipping groups will join a Maersk led blockchain platform aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of...
Divers dredge up two tonnes of disused nets from Greek seabed
Greek and Dutch divers have removed two tonnes of discarded plastic fishing nets from the seabed in northern Greece, where they posed a risk to...
S-T-R-E-S-S: National Spelling Bee takes step to ease pressure
A line of youngsters fidgets on stage, waiting for a turn to spell a multisyllabic tongue-twister of a word and hoping to advance to the...
Cannes winner ‘Parasite’ captures rich-poor gap in ‘basic unit of life’: director
The South Korean director of “Parasite”, the darkly comic movie that won the top Palme d’Or prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, described his...
France wants FCA-Renault job guarantees and Nissan on board
France will seek protection of local jobs and other guarantees in exchange for supporting a merger between carmakers Renault and Fiat Chrysler, its finance minister...
Britain’s Hunt says pursuing no-deal Brexit would be “political suicide”
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it would be “political suicide” for Britain to pursue a no-deal Brexit, becoming the most senior figure vying to succeed...
Brazil’s mangroves on the front line of climate change
Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil’s vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants...
Netanyahu could face election rematch after ballot he said he won
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to declare himself winner of last month’s Israeli election, but he now has until Wednesday to appease an erstwhile...
