EU air quality improving but still deadly: report

AFP 10/29/2018

AIR pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early deaths each year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its annual report published Monday. Although pollution levels dropped slightly in…

Australia sets up drought-proof fund

AFP 10/26/2018

Australia is setting up a billion-dollar fund to “future proof” the country against droughts, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday, as farmers struggle with a “big dry” forecast to continue for months. Eastern Australia has been hit…

Putin warns of a new ‘arms race’ with America

AFP 10/25/2018

MOSCOW, Russia – President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday of a new arms race if America pulls out of weapons treaties, and said Russia would respond “in kind” to any new US missiles placed on European soil. At…

Social media in the spotlight in Brazil presidential race

AFP 10/24/2018

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil, like other countries, is facing a very electronic election. WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter are the weapons of choice to sway the country’s 147 million voters— and abuse of social media has…

Bitter taste for Cuba as it imports sugar for the first time

AFP 10/24/2018

SUGAR: it’s so quintessentially Cuban that even a young, machete-wielding Fidel Castro used to hack away at the cane stalks vital to the Caribbean island’s economy. Now, the long-time world leader in sugar production is importing the…

Rome escalator collapse injures over 20

AFP 10/24/2018

MORE than 20 people, mainly Russian football fans, were injured Tuesday when an escalator in a metro station in central Rome collapsed, firefighters said. Most of those hurt, one seriously, suffered leg injuries after getting entangled in…

Xi inaugurates Hong Kong-mainland mega bridge

AFP 10/23/2018

  CHINA’s President Xi Jinping officially opened the world’s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China Tuesday, at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. The 55-kilometer crossing, which…

Saudi hosts investment forum under Khashoggi shadow

AFP 10/23/2018

Saudi Arabia opened an investment conference on Tuesday despite a wave of cancellations from policymakers and business titans over the murder of journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi. The three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII) was meant to…

‘Game changer’ drug cures tuberculosis

AFP 10/23/2018

A NEW treatment for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis can cure 80 percent of sufferers, according to a trial hailed Monday as a “game changer” in the fight against the global killer. Doctors in Belarus – a…

Germany won’t export arms to Saudi for now: Merkel

AFP 10/22/2018

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Berlin would not export arms to Saudi Arabia for now in the wake of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s violent death. “I agree with all those who say when it comes…

US withdrawal from nuclear arms deal ‘dangerous step’ — Moscow

AFP 10/21/2018

MOSCOW — Withdrawing from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty with Russia as President Donald Trump has announced he plans to do is a dangerous step, Russia’s deputy foreign minister warned on Sunday. “This would be a…

Canada pot stores run out of supplies, more lineup

AFP 10/19/2018

Day two of legal recreational cannabis in Canada on Thursday saw more long lineups outside pot stores and supply shortages in parts of the country. Most consumers were exuberant about the end of prohibition, but a few…

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