A total of 179 Venezuelan prisoners have been released from prison under a new law granting amnesty for a range of crimes historically used to lock up dissidents, an MP said Tuesday. Jorge Arreaza, the head of the parliamentary commission overseeing...
The World Trade Organization said Tuesday it would establish an expert panel to examine a Chinese complaint over Indian incentive schemes in the automotive and renewable energy sectors. The WTO said in a statement that its Dispute Settlement Body...
Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of Telegram, said Tuesday that Russian authorities were probing him for “aiding terrorism”, the latest escalation in Moscow’s repeated attempts to block the popular messenger. Moscow has...
A fire broke out at Cape Town International Airport Tuesday, prompting passenger evacuations and disrupting international flights to and from South Africa’s popular tourist city before being brought under control. Images shared online showed...
Full workplace equality does not exist anywhere in the world and only a tiny fraction of women live in countries with a labor market that comes close to it, the World Bank said Tuesday. Even when workplace equality laws are passed by lawmakers they...
US consumer confidence has improved in February despite persistent affordability worries and lingering unease over the labor market, according to survey data released Tuesday. After sinking in January amid cost-of-living pressures, the Conference...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to evacuate his official residence on Tuesday over a security threat, police said. Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge, his official residence in the capital Canberra. National broadcaster ABC...
Torrential rains in southeastern Brazil have left at least 20 people dead and dozens missing in flooding and landslides, officials said Tuesday. More than 400 people have been forced to flee their homes in the state of Minas Gerais since Monday’s...
Moscow voiced alarm Tuesday at Washington’s assertion it will resume nuclear testing to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, warning such a move would spark a dangerous “domino effect”. Speaking before the...
US officials on Tuesday condemned an incident in which they said New York police were injured when a crowd pelted them with snowballs. Footage online shows two male officers being struck with snowballs on Monday afternoon as they walked through a...
Iran offered a muted warning on Tuesday for students who staged anti-government rallies, with the country’s leaders under pressure after a recent mass protest movement and threats of US military action over its nuclear programme. University...
The EU’s trade chief said Tuesday his US counterparts had told him Washington stands by a key trade deal with the bloc, following an adverse Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs. After the Supreme Court ruled Friday...
Slovakia’s economy ministry said Tuesday that shipments of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline that passes through Ukraine are expected to resume on Thursday. On Monday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said his country would halt emergency...
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he was “very sceptical” about the possibility of “short-term peace” in Ukraine, while speaking to allies on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “I am very...
More than 30 leaders in the coalition of the willing group supporting Ukraine on Tuesday urged Russia to agree to an “unconditional ceasefire”, on the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. They called on Moscow to engage in...
