Volcano evacuees face huge reconstruction challenges
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE (SPAIN) - The lives of thousands may have been devastated by the volcano's eruption on La Palma island, but many...
Minister moots musical toots for noisy Indian roads
NEW DELHI - India's transport minister is mulling a law that would seek to replace the country's constant car-horn cacophony with the sound of...
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
VATICAN CITY - The trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumes Tuesday at the Vatican over alleged financial fraud and...
Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
WASHINGTON - Facebook battled dueling crises on Monday as it tried to fix a large-scale outage of its dominant social network and fought against...
London inquest seeks to solve mystery sinking of French trawler
LONDON - A coroner's inquest opens in London on Monday into the mysterious sinking of a French fishing trawler 17 years ago, which the...
UK vows new pandemic support for workers
MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain's government was set Monday to announce new support for pandemic-hit workers after coming under attack for ending a furlough...
Timeline: Philippine President Duterte’s tumultuous term
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he will retire from politics, opening the way for his daughter to run for president in next...
Duterte rival Philippines VP to decide soon on presidential bid
MANILA: Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo will decide this week if she will run for president, her spokesman said Sunday, after her arch-rival and...
Qataris vote in subdued first legislative election
DOHA - Qataris were voting in the emirate's first legislative election Saturday, a symbolic nod to democracy that analysts say will not lead to...
Record 38 Chinese jets enter Taiwan airspace
TAIPEI: A record 38 Chinese military jets crossed into Taiwan's defence zone as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taipei...
