ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell paid no tax in Australia for 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp paid no tax in Australia in the 2016 financial year, the third year in a row, despite reporting billions of dollars in income from…
UK mass arrests for online child sex abuse stoke trafficking fears
The arrests of almost 200 people on suspicion of child sex crimes, from grooming to live streaming abuse, have stoked fears about the growing online exploitation and trafficking of children…
Ivory Coast to retire 1,000 soldiers to slim down military
Ivory Coast will cut its armed forces by about 1,000 troops by the end of the year, a government spokesman said, in a bid to rationalise a costly and sometimes…
Global warming may be more severe than expected by 2100: study
World temperatures could rise 15 percent more than expected this century, obliging governments to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming, scientists said. Average surface temperatures…
Putin says Russia won’t prevent athletes from competing in Pyeongchang: agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will not prevent its athletes from competing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if they so desired. Putin added that Russia accepted some…
Bomb blast kills nine people in Pakistan, near Afghan border
A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded in a militant-plagued part of northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing nine people, officials said on Wednesday, the latest violence in a…
Chinese state media tells readers how to survive a nuclear attack
The official state-run newspaper in northeastern China’s Jilin city, near the border with North Korea, has published a page of “common sense” advice on how readers can protect themselves from…
Britain confident of Brexit deal as May scrambles to win over Northern Irish kingmakers
Britain says its confident of a deal on Brexit just hours after a tentative agreement with the European Union over the Irish border was dashed by Prime Minister Theresa May’s…
Saudi Arabia hopes US will not recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Saudi Arabia has expressed hope the United States would not recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and warned such a decision would have serious implications, state news agency SPA…
German police say Potsdam explosive package not “terrorism”
German authorities investigating the delivery of a package containing powerful firecrackers, wires and nails to a pharmacy near a Christmas market in the city of Potsdam have said that it…
