Venezuelan lawmakers seek refuge in embassies after crackdown on Guaido allies
CARACAS/BUENOS AIRES : Two Venezuelan lawmakers sought refuge at foreign embassies in Caracas on Thursday, as the government of ...
Break up Facebook, says company’s co-founder
One of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company’s ...
Pope changes Church law to make reporting sex abuse obligatory
Pope Francis on Thursday passed a landmark new measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it ...
Europe rejects Iran ‘ultimatum’ but stands by nuke deal
European powers denounced Iran’s threat to resume nuclear work on Thursday but vowed to save a landmark deal with Tehran ...
North Korea fires missiles as US envoy visits Seoul
North Korea welcomed a US envoy’s visit to Seoul by firing two missiles Thursday, the South’s military said, in ...
Frenchman savours triumphant barrel crossing of Atlantic ocean
A 72-year-old Frenchman arrived on the Caribbean island of Martinique Thursday to celebrate crossing the Atlantic in four months ...
EU heads meet in Romania to chart bloc’s next steps
SIBIU, Romania : European Union leaders meet in Romania on Thursday to chart a way forward after the historic setback of Brexit and to ...
Swiss study aims to find out if carbon dioxide can be locked in rock
SAINT-URSANNE, Switzerland : Swiss scientists are injecting carbon dioxide into rock deep inside a mountain to discover if the gas ...
Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington
London: Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear programme under a 2015 deal with world powers, and ...
U.S. sinks Arctic accord due to climate change differences: diplomats
ROVANIEMI, Finland : The United States has refused to sign an agreement on challenges in the Arctic due to discrepancies over climate ...