Sri Lanka raises stink over waste consignments from Britain
Sri Lanka has ordered the return of 213 containers of waste from Britain after finding, plastic and biological waste including suspected human body parts in...
China’s renewable power capacity up 9.5% year-on-year in June
China’s total renewable power capacity rose 9.5% to 750 gigawatts (GW) in the year to June amid Beijing’s push to boost clean energy consumption as...
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped shape his country’s democratic transition after a 2011 revolution ended decades of authoritarian rule, has died, the presidency...
Tunisia’s Essebsi, leading figure in shift to democracy, dies
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped guide the north African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency said...
American Airlines annual profit to take $400 million hit from MAX cancellations
American Airlines Group Inc on Thursday raised its full-year estimate for costs related to cancellations from Boeing MAX grounding to $400 million, sending its shares...
Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The resignation of Congo’s health minister in the midst of the country’s worst Ebola outbreak could clear the way for a second experimental vaccine to...
India to get above-average monsoon rains in next two weeks: weather official
India is likely to get above-average rainfall in the next two weeks after receiving below average rains in the past two weeks, a weather department...
Ukraine detains Russian tanker over Kerch Strait incident
Ukraine’s security service said on Thursday it had detained a Russian tanker in the Ukrainian port of Izmail for its alleged involvement in an incident...
Water Polo: Spain and Italy power into men’s world water polo final
Former champions Spain and Italy upset more heralded rivals to reach the men’s water polo final at the World Aquatics Championships and qualified for the...
After a long journey, 16 rare black rhinos make a new home in eSwatini
A group of 16 endangered black rhinos has been moved over 700 kilometers from poaching hotspot South Africa to an “ideal” – and safer –...