North Korea, U.S. to hold working-level talks at weekend: KCNA
North Korea and the United States have agreed to hold working-level talks on Oct. 5, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, a...
Russians drinking less, living longer, WHO says
Russia remains a nation of heavy drinkers, but alcohol consumption has fallen 43 percent from 2003 to 2016, a key factor in the country’s rapid...
Tractors snarl Dutch roads in emissions protest
Dutch farmers went on a go-slow in their tractors on Tuesday, clogging up major highways in the Netherlands as they headed to The Hague to...
Russia detains North Korean fishermen, vessels for poaching: Ifax
Russian border guards have detained 87 North Korean poachers and 11 small vessels in waters in the Sea of Japan which Moscow considers its own...
Rome offers free metro travel for plastic recyclers
Rome is trying to become more environmentally friendly by offering free metro tickets to travelers who re-cycle plastic bottles using machines set up in three...
Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA
Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as...
Dollar powers to 29-month high, stocks stay standing despite weak data
The dollar bulldozed almost everything in its path on its way to a 29-month high on Tuesday, as a blizzard of soft global data left...
Thomas Cook owes Turkey’s tourism sector $381 million – council
Turkey’s Tourism Advisory Council said on Tuesday it estimates that Thomas Cook owes the local sector more than 350 million euros ($381.08 million), adding that...
Ryanair to wait for aircraft cycle to turn before placing more orders – O’Leary
Ryanair will wait until the next turn of the cycle before it can place an order for more Boeing or Airbus jets at cheaper prices,...
Oil prices recover on lower output from U.S., Russia, OPEC
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday on reports that output from the world’s largest oil producers fell during the third quarter, although a resumption in Saudi...