UK to relax immigration rules for scientists: PM Johnson
Britain will relax its immigration rules to attract more top scientists after Brexit by seeking to fast-track visas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday....
UK must leave EU on Oct. 31, PM Johnson says when asked about prospect of resigning
Parliament should honor the 2016 Brexit referendum and leave the European Union on Oct. 31, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday when asked...
Emirates’ Etihad partners with Swiss blockchain platform Winding Tree
Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, said on Thursday it has teamed up with open-source travel platform Winding Tree to explore using blockchain...
Patient in Sarepta gene therapy trial develops serious illness; shares plunge
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc plunged 12% after a notice from the U.S. health agency showed a patient in an ongoing study of the company’s...
Greece scraps no-go areas at universities; opposition fumes
Greek lawmakers on Thursday scrapped regulations making universities a no-go zone for police, a move authorities say will tackle lawlessness but which critics have decried...
Two dead in Russian rocket engine explosion; radiation spikes, shipping shut
Two people were killed and a nearby city reported a rise in radiation levels when a rocket engine blew up at a testing site in...
U.S. small-cap stocks under renewed threat from tariffs
Last week’s announcement of more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may have undermined the prospects for small-cap stocks to rebound this year, even after a...
Venezuela’s Maduro defiant in face of US sanctions
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro insisted Wednesday that his country will win in the face of fresh sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration. Rough Cut (no...
Mexico staying on F1 calendar for three more years
Mexico will stay on the Formula One calendar for three more years after a new deal was signed on Thursday....
Ex-president of Kyrgyzstan surrenders a day after violent botched raid
Kyrgyzstan’s former President Almazbek Atambayev surrendered to security forces at his compound outside the capital Bishkek on Thursday, a day after a commando was killed...