Senegal’s ruling party poised for parliamentary majority in boost for reform agenda
Senegal ruling PASTEF party is poised to win a parliamentary majority as main opposition leaders conceded defeat Monday in ...
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell ...
Health workers on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths
Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial accused of causing the deaths of 10 infants as part of an alleged scheme to defraud Turkey’s social security ...
A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions kills 11 people and injures 84 in Ukraine’s north
A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area of a northern Ukraine city, killing 11 people ...
New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
A proposed law that would redefine New Zealand’s founding treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs has triggered ...
Company showcases impact of hiring veterans and what their military experience means for the workforce
Medline is one of hundreds of companies nationwide emphasizing hiring military veterans, a years-long effort that is showing results: the national unemployment rate is historically low at 4.1%, but ...
US and Philippines sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology
The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to secure the exchange of highly confidential military ...
Pakistan’s top cleric says use of VPNs is against Islamic laws as the government seeks to ban them
Pakistan’s top body of clerics has declared the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, against Islamic laws, officials said Monday, as the Ministry of Interior sought a ...
Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning president appoints his Cabinet after a resounding election win
Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 21-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds ...
Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio
United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resumed Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ...
Young people, whose futures are at stake in UN climate talks, push through anger to fight for hope
Young people who attend the United Nations climate talks have a lot to be angry about. They’ve lost loved ones and months of ...
Typhoon Man-yi worsens crisis from back-to-back storms that devastated the northern Philippines
Typhoon Man-yi left at least three villagers missing, destroyed houses, knocked out power in entire towns and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away ...