Strong quake felt in Athens, two people lightly injured
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook the Greek capital Athens on Friday, knocking out power and telecommunications in parts of the city and sending people running...
Q&A with UNHCR’s Africa bureau director
Raouf Mazou sat down with Africa Journal Editor Serena Chaudhry to talk about the Ebola emergency, South Sudan’s refugee crisis and the UNHCR’s strategy in...
Man in daring escape from high-rise fire
A man was forced to climb down the exterior wall of a Philadelphia high-rise apartment block Thursday night, to escape a fire that had broken...
BlackRock profit misses estimates, hit by lower fees for lending stocks
BlackRock Inc , the world’s largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors moved into lower-cost bond funds, and it made less...
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says no open investigations against former presidents
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that there were no open cases against former presidents of the nation....
Tour de France organizers plan to launch major women’s race
Tour de France organizers are looking to launch a women’s equivalent of the most prestigious race in men’s cycling, they said on Friday....
BlackRock’s profit hit by lower fees for lending stocks
BlackRock Inc , the world’s largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors moved into lower-cost bond funds, and it made less...
Portugal’s Socialists extend lead ahead of October election: poll
Portugal’s ruling Socialists have extended their lead slightly as the favorite to win the country’s national election in October, an opinion poll showed on Friday....
Russia’s FaceApp dismisses U.S. senator security concerns
FaceApp, a program that features an AI-powered tool that artificially ages a person’s face in a photo, is proving popular again — igniting a heated...
Suspected Japanese arsonist is ex-convict who believed studio stole his novel: media
A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted of robbery...