Taiwan appoints ruling party’s former chairman as new premier
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te appointed Cho Jung-tai, a former chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),…
Thailand has yet to decide on indicting ex-PM Thaksin in royal insult case
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai authorities have postponed until next month a hearing with influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on whether…
Arizona’s top court revives 19th century abortion ban
(Reuters) - Arizona's top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a…
Floods swamp swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan but worse still to come
ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its…
Swiss press say ‘absurd’ European climate ruling could harm democracy
ZURICH (Reuters) - Influential newspapers in Switzerland on Wednesday criticised a climate change ruling against the Swiss government by Europe's…
EU court takes Russian billionaires Fridman, Aven off sanctions list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday to remove Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr…
The losing battle against Greece’s tumbling birthrate
ORMENIO, Greece (Reuters) - Army sergeant Christos Giannakidis was planning to have a second child when Greece's debt crisis exploded…
Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts
AMBOSELI, Kenya (Reuters) - In the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli wildlife park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to…
EU parliament approves migration system revamp ahead of bloc’s election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European lawmakers on Wednesday approved a revamped migration system that the pro-EU political centre promises would reduce irregular…