Mr. Johnson sent an unsigned letter seeking Brexit extension to European Council. The British government insisted on Sunday the country will leave the European Union on October 31 despite a […]
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Three die after supermarket set on fire, flights out of Santiago delayed due to Chile riots
Santiago governor Karla Rubilar confirmed that three people died in a supermarket in the capital that was set on fire by demonstrators on Saturday. At least three people died after […]
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I just took the world’s first 20-hour flight. Here’s what it did to me
Qantas wants to begin flying the time-saving route commercially as soon as 2022, so the airline used this test trip to explore ways to reduce its inevitable downside: Soul-crushing, body-buckling […]
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Chile declares state of emergency amid looting and arson in capital
The protests started on Friday afternoon to oppose fare hike, but by nightfall had extended throughout Santiago with students setting up barricades and fires at the entrances to subway stations, […]
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China on last lap in fight against poverty, to wipe it out by 2020
China will wipe out extreme poverty by the year 2020, a senior Chinese official has said indicating that the country will be able to do so a decade earlier than […]
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Murder in the university
The killing of a youth by ruling party-linked students in Dhaka has sparked huge protests A brutal murder on the October 6 night at Bangladesh’s top engineering university has shaped […]
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Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders
It wasn’t too long ago that Donald Trump derided presidential executive orders as “power grabs” and a “basic disaster.” He’s switched sides in a big way: In each year of […]
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Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd dies at 62
Last month, Hurd went on medical leave for unspecified health reasons, while Catz and founder Larry Ellison took over his responsibilities during the absence. Oracle as confirmed Hurd has died, […]
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20 killed by blast inside mosque during Friday prayers in east Afghanistan
An Afghan official says at least 20 people have been killed during Friday prayers when a mortar fired by insurgents blasted through the roof of a mosque. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman […]
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Backed by China, Pakistan expects to avert blacklisting over terrorism financing
Backed by longtime ally China, Pakistan is confident it will avert blacklisting over terrorism financing by a global watchdog on Friday but it will not be completely off the hook […]
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