No bail for Jeffrey Epstein
Sigrid McCawley and Stan Pottinger, the attorneys for the alleged victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein, say they are pleased with a U.S. judge’s ruling that...
Hong Kong protesters dig in for summer of discontent
Hong Kong’s extradition bill demonstrations have mutated into a much bigger and more complex animal that has ripped open old wounds and expanded a political...
Transport app FlixMobility gets Germany’s biggest tech funding round to drive growth
Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) in Germany’s biggest tech funding round to date to back investments in its expansion,...
Turkish defence firms set to lose billions after F-35 removal
Turkish defence companies helping to build F-35 stealth fighter jets are set to lose work worth billions of dollars after Washington said it was removing...
U.N. calls out Saudi Arabia, UAE for not paying Yemen aid pledges
United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock called out Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for only paying a “modest proportion” of the...
Spain’s Sanchez says Podemos deal possible if its leader not in cabinet
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday he would not accept the leader of far-left Podemos in his cabinet, drawing an angry reaction...
U.S. House passes bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by October 2025, a big win...
Pence calls on Saudi Arabia to release critic of Islam
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called out ally Saudi Arabia for the suppression of religious liberties and urged it to release Raif Badawi,...
Von der Leyen says ‘we don’t want a hard Brexit’
The future head of the European Commission said she would be minded to grant Britain an extension to talks on its exit from the EU...
No-deal Brexit under fire: Parliament grabs brakes against Boris Johnson
British lawmakers on Thursday approved proposals to make it harder for the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending parliament, showing...
