Category: World

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament weeks before Britain’s European Union departure date faced legal challenges on Thursday following a furious outcry from pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit. The Conservative leader announced the surprise decision on Wednesday to dismiss parliament — known as proroguing — for nearly five weeks next month, claiming it […]

Teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg said the “war on nature must end” and called on Donald Trump to listen to science after she sailed into New York on a zero-emissions yacht on Wednesday. The 16-year-old completed a 15-day journey across the Atlantic shortly after 4:00 pm (2000 GMT), stepping off the boat onto a Manhattan […]

Some children born to United States citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the US military will no longer qualify for automatic American citizenship under a policy change unveiled on Wednesday by the Trump administration. Effective from October 29, certain parents serving overseas in the US armed forces or other agencies of the federal government […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alibaba founder Jack Ma discussed Mars and artificial intelligence (AI) but steered clear of the US-China trade war in their first joint appearance on Thursday that some audience members said was disappointing. Their chat, which was livestreamed, was part of the opening events for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference […]

KABUL: Taliban militants killed at least 14 members of a pro-government militia in Afghanistan on Wednesday, said officials, as Taliban and US officials near a deal aimed at ending the 18-year war. Government officials said 14 members of the militia were killed and several civilians were wounded during clashes in the western province of Herat. […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend the UK Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit. Johnson told lawmakers he has decided to ask the monarch to give her speech that outlines […]

A Palestinian teenager admitted to Harvard University said he was detained for hours at Boston’s airport and refused entry into the United States after officers disapproved of his friends’ political comments on social media. Ismail Ajjawi, who lives in Lebanon, said that an officer also asked him about his religion during eight hours of questioning […]

Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the US presidential election in November 2020. The social media giant is introducing a “confirmed organisation” label for US political advertisers who show government-issued credentials to demonstrate […]

Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety. Nearly a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country’s weather agency raised the alert to its highest level for parts of northern Kyushu. The […]

A Ukrainian court on Wednesday released a Russian journalist on parole after more than a year in jail, an apparent signal that a much-anticipated prisoner exchange with Russia is getting on track. Kirill Vyshinskiy, the Kyiv bureau chief for the Russian state RIA-Novosti news agency, had been in custody since his arrest on treason charges in May […]