Comply with rules or face sanctions: EU to Facebook, Twitter

BRUSSELS, Belgium - As regulators in the European Union continue to crackdown on U.S. social media giants over privacy and ...

Irish food company to open ten new stores, create 150 jobs

DUBLIN, Ireland - As part of its latest expansion drive, the Irish food company Freshly Chopped has announced plans to launch ten new stores.The company, ...

Irish designer's online and retail businesses to close

KILDARE, Ireland - After first launching business operations in the early 1990's, when one of Ireland's best known designers, Orla Kiely began designing hats and ...
 

Entertainment News

Kenya Lifts Ban on Lesbian Love Tale, in Time for Oscar Nominations

NAIROBI - A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily lifted a ban on the movie Rafiki. Justice Wilfrida Okwany said that ...
 

'Star Wars' Fans Applaud Movie Release Slowdown

NEW YORK - Plans by Disney to slow down the release of future 'Star Wars' projects are getting a thumbs ...

8 best movies about Russia's dethroned royal family: The Romanovs

Culture Sept 21 2018 Boris EgorovIngrid Bergman in 'Anastasia', 1956.Getty Images Many mysteries still hang over the life of the ...

Refugees Get Turn on Big Screen in Kenyan Film Festival

NAIROBI, KENYA - A film festival in Kenya this month highlighted a group not often seen on the big screen: ...

This young lady is the best welder in Russia. Officially

For 19-year-old Diana Bagautdinova it was love at first sight, and for welding the feeling was mutual.Russia's best welder is ...

Airlines News

American Airlines hikes domestic baggage fees

WASHINGTON, U.S. - Following several major U.S. carriers, American Airlines Group announced on Thursday that it would raise its domestic baggage fees by $5.Citing higher ...

Shooting down of Russian plane provokes a war of words

MOSCOW, Russia - After accusing Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military plane near Syria, the Russian President has now blamed the ...

Inmarsat, Panasonic tie up to offer in-flight broadband

LONDON, U.K. - In a partnership aimed at providing in-flight broadband for commercial airlines, the British satellite company Inmarsat has said that it has tied ...

Passengers on Jet Airways flight suffer nose and ear bleeds

A cockpit mix-up left more than 30 passengers on an Indian plane bleeding from their ears and noses Thursday after the crew reportedly forgot to ...

Oil & Gas News

Pompeo: U.S. Preparing 'Actions' Against Venezuela

Rising Oil Prices Haven't Hurt US Economy

Major Powers, Except US, Try to Keep Iran Nuclear Deal Alive

 

With Parents Detained, Chinese State Cares for Uighur 'Orphans'

ISTANBUL - Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into ...

FULL TEXT: President Ramaphosa's economic recovery plan speech

Ministers,Senior Officials,Members of the Media,Fellow South Africans,Ladies and Gentlemen,In the State of the Nation Address in February, we announced a range of

Kazakhstan: Telegram app trial ends badly for father of four

A court in Kazakhstan has handed down a three-year prison sentence to a father of four on charges of sowing ...

Mining & Metals News

Typhoon Kills Dozens; Philippines Searches for Reasons

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - After a super-typhoon killed 6,200 people five years ago, Filipinos figured the experience had taught their country ...

Revised Mining Charter approved by Cabinet

Cabinet approved the revised Mining Charter during a meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Communications Nomvula Mokonyane said on Thursday, while ...

Rains Set Off Landslide in Philippines; 50-80 Missing

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A landslide triggered by heavy rains Thursday killed at least four people in the central Philippines, with ...