Canada: Trudeau cabinet approves controversial Trans Mountain project
Ottawa [Canada], Jun 19 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet on Tuesday approved the controversial Trans Mountain ...
Hong Kong leader signals end to extradition bill but refuses to quit
HONG KONG :Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday signalled the end of a controversial extradition bill that she promoted and then ...
Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with ‘Libra’ coin
Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives ...
Trump launches 2020 reelection campaign
President Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection campaign Tuesday, whipping up a crowd of at least 20,000 with a nationalist boast ...
Corsica’s ‘cat-fox’: On the trail of what may be a new species
In the forest undergrowth of northern Corsica, two wildlife rangers open a cage to reveal a striped, tawny-coated animal, one of 16 ...
Platini released in 2022 World Cup probe, denies wrongdoing
The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was released from custody on Wednesday after hours of questioning in connection with a ...
Ecuador denies Galapagos Islands will host US military base
Ecuador President Lenin Moreno insisted Tuesday the United States would not be installing a military base on the Galapagos Islands, a ...
Egypt’s former president Morsi quietly buried in Cairo
Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried Tuesday, as the UN backed calls for an independent ...
Egypt former president Morsi dies after falling ill in court
Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died ...
‘Trump Heights’: Israel unveils new Golan Heights settlement
Jerusalem, Jun 17 : Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a new settlement in the disputed Golan Height, named after the ...