Retreating Swiss glacier spurred May’s new 2050 climate goal
British Prime Minister Theresa May said her surprise at the rapid retreat of a glacier she knew from years of walking holidays in the Swiss...
Three Russians, one Ukrainian accused of 2014 downing of flight MH17
Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298...
China’s Geely picks Swedish software firm for driverless cars
China’s Geely has chosen Zenuity, a joint venture between its Volvo car marque and Swedish technology group Veoneer, as its preferred supplier for assisted and...
Hotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in India’s Chennai
Hotels in India’s southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million...
Staff evacuated as rocket strikes near foreign oil firms in Iraq
A rocket hit a site in southern Iraq used by foreign oil companies on Wednesday, including U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, wounding three people and threatening...
Russian anti-doping chief says athletics culture at odds with reinstatement push
Russian anti-doping chief Yuri Ganus said on Wednesday that the country’s suspended athletics federation was not doing enough to stamp out doping culture and was...
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ gets mixed reviews from disaster’s survivors
Critics and viewers on both sides of the Atlantic have lined up to acclaim ‘Chernobyl’, a dramatization of events surrounding the world’s worst nuclear accident...
Beijing mega-airport to use Israeli runway protection system
Israel’s Xsight Systems said on Wednesday that its hazard detection technology will be installed on runways of a new mega-airport in China scheduled to open...
Column: U.S. legislation will help retirement security, but bigger steps are needed
Federal policy on retirement security is one chaotic mess right now....
Czech owners of Skoda, Volkswagen cars qualify for $23 million compensation: report
A Prague district court has ruled that Czech owners of Skoda and Volkswagen cars qualify for 533 million crowns ($23.30 million) in compensation linked to...