Iran rejects Trump report that U.S. Navy downed ‘provocative’ drone
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were...
Japanese minister admonishes South Korea’s envoy as dispute escalates
Japan’s foreign minister publicly admonished South Korea’s ambassador on Friday in a worsening dispute over compensation for Korean forced laborers that has spilled over into...
Merkel favors carbon pricing to meet environmental targets
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she flavored carbon prices to incentivize savings in climate-damaging emissions, as Germany struggles to meet its 2030 environmental targets....
Toyota, China’s BYD team up to develop battery EVs
Toyota Motor said it would develop battery electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries with BYD Co Ltd, in a sign it was ramping up partnerships with...
World’s longest electric road trip ends in New Zealand
A Dutch sustainability advocate completed the longest ever journey in an electric vehicle in New Zealand on Friday after a three-year drive that took him...
Syngenta CFO says it faces no glyphosate lawsuits
Chinese-owned agricultural chemical maker Syngenta has not been named in litigation involving weed-killer ingredient glyphosate that has hit German rival Bayer , the Swiss-based company’s...
Bayer welcomes judge’s call for reduced damages in $2 billion glyphosate case
Germany’s Bayer AG welcomed on Friday a call by a U.S. judge to cut a $2 billion damages award to a Californian couple by a...
Special Report: In British PM race, a former Russian tycoon quietly wields influence
For almost a decade, Alexander Temerko, who forged a career at the top of the Russian arms industry and had connections at the highest levels...
New Zealand’s Ardern flies commercial after snag hits air force plane
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was forced to fly home on a commercial flight on Friday after a technical snag hit her air force...
Dutch state partly liable for Srebrenica deaths: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld on Friday an earlier ruling that found the Dutch state partly liable for the deaths in 1995 of...