Oxford says no to additional Huawei funding

Oxford University has decides to forgo further funding from Chinese tech giant Huawei as scrutiny grows in Europe over the telecom company's relationship with the Beijing government.
18 January 2019

Urgent! Babies wanted

“Norway needs more children! I don't think I need to tell anyone how this is done," Norway's prime minister said cheekily, but she was raising a real concern. Too few babies are being born in the Nordic region.
17 January 2019

Search for Spanish toddler in well enters fifth day

The search for a toddler who falls down a well in southern Spain in a tragedy that has gripped the country entered its fifth day, with hopes dwindling he would be found alive.
17 January 2019

Polls the worst thing Britain could do now

A national election is the worst thing Britain could do now and would mean delaying Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday
16 January 2019

What happens next?

The confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May's government taking place later yesterday, which she is expected to win, is the first
16 January 2019

'A complete humiliation'

Britain is in "uncharted waters" after Prime Minister Theresa May was "humiliated" by the "crushing defeat" of her Brexit deal in parliament, according to scathing reactions in the British and world press yesterday.
16 January 2019

UK PM's probable next Brexit steps

Immediately after Tuesday's 432 to 202 defeat was announced, May stood up in parliament and said: "I will then hold meetings with my colleagues, our confidence and supply partner the Democratic Unionist Party, and senior parliamentarians from across the House to identify what would be required to secure the backing of the House.
16 January 2019

May survives

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before the UK leaves the European Union.
16 January 2019

'Pena Nieto took $100m as bribe'

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena
16 January 2019

West destabilising the Balkan states: Putin

Ahead of a visit to Belgrade today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Western countries for "destabilising" the Balkans,
16 January 2019

Brexit Deal Vote: UK PM suffers heavy defeat in House

Lawmakers in the UK yesterday resoundingly defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal with the European Union by a vote of 432 to 202.
15 January 2019

UK parliament's feuding factions

Here are the main camps in the Brexit battle among members of the 650-seat lower House of Commons:
15 January 2019

Brexit in dates

From the shock Brexit referendum result to yesterday's momentous vote on Theresa May's unpopular divorce deal with the European Union, here are the milestones on Britain's rocky road out of the bloc after 46 years.
15 January 2019

What next for Brexit?

What next? With the Brexit deal between Britain and the EU facing defeat in the British parliament in a crucial vote, that's the question on everyone's lips. Here are the three main scenarios facing Britain while the clock ticks down to March 29, 2019 -- the day it is scheduled to depart the European Union after 46 years:
15 January 2019

Tulip delays giving birth for Brexit vote

British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, a niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, postpones giving birth in order to vote on Britain's divorce deal with the EU.
15 January 2019

OPCW agrees to ban Novichok nerve agents

The OPCW global chemical weapons watchdog will add Novichok, the Soviet-era nerve agent used in an attack last year in Salisbury,
14 January 2019

'Unforgivable breach of trust'

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday warned MPs preparing to vote down her EU divorce deal that failing to deliver Brexit would be a "catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy".
13 January 2019

May warns of catastrophe if UK MPs don't back Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May warns lawmakers that failure to back her plan to leave the European Union would be catastrophic for Britain, in a plea for support two days ahead of a vote in parliament that she is expected to lose.
13 January 2019

Canada PM chastises China over detention of two citizens

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday chastised China again over the detention of two Canadians and defended his country's
12 January 2019

Ready to assume presidency

The leader of Venezuela's opposition-led congress said on Friday he was prepared to assume the country's presidency on an interim
12 January 2019