Nazarbayev’s handpicked successor Tokayev elected Kazakh president
Kazakhstan’s interim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, chosen successor of veteran ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev who retains sweeping powers, has won a snap presidential election which observers say...
Poland honors national soccer player murdered in Holocaust
Jozef Klotz, a Polish Jewish soccer player who scored the national team’s first ever goal in an international match but was later murdered by the...
Patients give more ‘5-star’ ratings to hospitals with fewer services
(Reuters Health) – Compared to smaller facilities, hospitals that provide complex care for critical illness or serious injury may find it harder to make patients...
Salvage crews ready to lift boat sunk in Danube
Hungarian salvage crews prepared on Monday to raise the wreck of a pleasure boat that capsized on the Danube river in Budapest, killing 26 South...
UK Conservative lawmaker Gyimah pulls out of race to succeed PM May
UK Conservative lawmaker Sam Gyimah said on Monday he was pulling out of the contest to replace Prime Minister Theresa May....
Russian court rules to free Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev
Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev was granted early release by a Russian court on Monday after being given a four-year penal colony sentence earlier...
Jumping robot among winners at annual robotics show
Robots with human-like sensory information proved on trend at Montreal’s annual International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)....
Sotheby’s to auction ‘substantial’ lock of Beethoven’s hair
British auction house Sotheby’s plans to sell on Tuesday what it says is a “substantial” lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that the German composer...
Raptors on brink of historic, first NBA title
The Toronto Raptors will seek to clinch their first NBA title Monday night in Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors. Linda So reports....
Canada to ban single-use plastics by 2021
Canada plans to ban some environmentally harmful single-use plastics like straws, bags and cutlery by early 2021 to reduce waste and litter and protect the...