Italy calls for end to UN embargo on Libya to help it tackle migrants
ROME – Italy wants a United Nations arms embargo on Libya to be lifted to help the North African state battle people smugglers and halt the flow of migrants seeking…
Archaeologists in Peru uncover Incan burial site in desert valley
TUCUME – Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered an extensive Incan burial site inside an adobe pyramid in a coastal desert valley far from the Andean heart of the empire. Two…
China says US ‘opening fire’ on world with tariffs, vows to respond
BEIJING/WASHINGTON – China has accused the United States of “opening fire” on the world with tariffs set to take effect, warning that it will respond the moment that duties on…
Macedonia’s parliament endorses name deal with Greece for second time
SKOPJE – Macedonia’s parliament has again endorsed a landmark agreement with neighbouring Greece to change the ex-Yugoslav republic’s name, despite the refusal of President Gjorge Ivanov to sign it. In…
EU lawmakers vote against tough line on copyright reform
BRUSSELS – EU lawmakers have opted not to take a tough line on an EU copyright overhaul aimed at making Google, Facebook and other tech giants share revenues with publishers,…
UN experts seek urgent release of widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
GENEVA – UN human rights experts have urged China to release Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, and allow her to seek treatment for deteriorating health,…
Britain ‘dumb’ if it thinks Russia would stage nerve attack during World Cup: Russian diplomats
MOSCOW – Britain is foolish if it believes Russia staged a new nerve agent attack in England in the middle of the soccer World Cup, Russia’s embassy to the Netherlands…
Kim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, can face US extradition: NZ court
WELLINGTON – Internet entrepreneur and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the United States to face racketeering and criminal copyright charges, New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled today.…
Trapped Thai team gets dive lessons as rescuers plan for extraction
CHIANG RAI, Thailand, July 4 (Reuters) – Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of preparations to extract a young…
Two Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Russian spy was struck down
AMESBURY – Two British citizens are critically ill after they were exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March,…
