Tariff threat against US ‘justified’ – China
China's foreign minister said Saturday that his country's threat to impose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of American goods in an escalating trade spat...
Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was fired by Donald Trump Wednesday after enduring more than a year of bitter criticism from the president over...
Concrete measures’ on sex abuse needed, pope tells Vatican summit
Pope Francis opened Thursday a landmark summit at the Vatican on fighting child sex abuse, saying that the world expected "concrete measures" on tackling...
Togo confirms first coronavirus case
Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return from a trip to...
Trump deportation threat sows panic among Florida migrants
Around 100 people are jammed into offices in Miami that are offering free or low-cost legal advice to migrants, many of them undocumented and...
World’s workers lost $3.5 trillion in wages amid pandemic: UN
By AFP
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN said Wednesday, with hundreds of millions of jobs...
UK pubs try to avoid last orders as virus crisis deepens
By AFP
The French House survived two world wars and global recessions. Charles de Gaulle is said to have frequented it and Dylan Thomas once...
Trump-era US Europe rift wide open at Munich security talks
The United States and European powers voiced sharply differing views on issues from Mideast security to trade Saturday, laying bare a deep trans-Atlantic rift...
Hong Kong leader refuses to scrap extradition bill despite rally
Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader on Monday refused to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day after record crowds...
HSBC boss in shock exit as bank warns of ‘challenging’ times
HSBC on Monday announced the shock exit of chief executive John Flint, but denied talk of a management split as it also axed 4,000...