Emails show Trump EPA overruled career staff on Wisconsin air pollution
Politically appointed U.S. environmental officials last year overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution in a Wisconsin county where U.S. President Donald Trump has...
Fireworks, the crunch of bones: remembering D-Day
It is the sounds and smell of war that are indelibly imprinted in the memory of Yves Faucon, who was 12 when allied troops landed...
Merkel and Macron spar in hunt for ‘Mr or Ms Europe’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron disagreed on Tuesday over who should be the next chief of the European Commission as EU...
Wall Street drops as trade tensions weigh
U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with initial gains giving way to declines as the likelihood of a prolonged trade war between the United States...
Missouri to be only U.S. state with no legal abortion provider after state action
Missouri is poised this week to become the only U.S. state without access to legal abortions as health officials refuse to renew its last clinic’s...
How Renault, Fiat Chrysler could save through sharing
If French automaker Renault green-lights a proposed merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the companies almost immediately could begin saving money by consolidating components and basic...
U.S. calls Russian, Syrian air strikes ‘reckless escalation’ in Syria
The United States continues to be alarmed by Syrian government and Russian air strikes in northwest Syria and believes they are a “reckless escalation” of...
France says signs of Syria chemical attack, but still checking
France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday there were signs that chemicals had been used in attacks by Syrian government forces on rebels in northwest Syria,...
U.S. says all North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction violate U.N. resolutions
North Korea’s entire weapons of mass destruction program violates U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday, when asked about recent...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro averts crisis as Senate set to back his reorganization decree
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro convinced his party to vote for a decree to revamp the executive branch on Tuesday, averting a potential crisis that...
