Experts Say Trump’s Hostility To The WTO Could Cripple It
The World Trade Organization is rarely in the headlines — but the Trump administration’s hostility and the issues connected with Brexit and the U.S.-China trade dispute has pushed the WTO to the fore.
London Police Outfoxed, Abandon 3-Year Search For Serial Cat Killer
Scotland Yard is hoping to put fears of a serial cat killer to rest. Authorities now say that scavenging animals, not sadistic humans, are responsible for hundreds of reported cat mutilations.
The prospect of no people living in extreme poverty
For the first time in recorded history, fewer than 1 in 10 people are living in “extreme poverty,” according to a new World Bank report. This progress has been so steady that many experts now ask if a zero level of extreme poverty could soon be possib…
Why both Iran and US have taken hits from nuclear deal withdrawal
As President Trump prepared to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal last spring, a debate flared over who would wind up more isolated as a result of such a move: Iran, or the United States. Four months after Mr. Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 seve…
In The U.K.-EU Faceoff, Neither Side Is Blinking
British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to her European counterparts, trying to preserve Britain’s access to the EU’s single market after the Brexit. But EU leaders are playing hardball.
What ‘pink wave’? Why GOP women candidates are minding the gender gap
“I am!” Lena Epstein, candidate for Michigan’s 11th congressional district, beams and gives her a hug. “I heard you talking about your values and I knew that it had to be you,” the woman tells Ms. Epstein. It radiates the optimism that has infused th…
As Canada legalizes cannabis, concerns mount over challenges, uncertainties
At a coffee shop off the pretty main street of Oakville, an affluent community just southwest of Toronto on Lake Ontario, Mayor Rob Burton points to the table to his right where a mother and two young boys laugh together over a computer screen. On the …
Indian Authorities Say Flight Crew Forgot To Pressurize Airplane Cabin
Thirty of the passengers on a Jet Airways flight to Jaipur suffered from nose or ear bleeding, Indian officials say, because the crew didn’t flip the switch to maintain proper cabin pressure.
Kim Wants New Summit With Trump, Moon Says After Visiting North Korea
Addressing an audience of 150,000 North Koreans, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he hopes “the past 70-year-long hostility can be eradicated and we can become one again.”
Malaysia Charges Former Prime Minister Najib With Money-Laundering
The money-laundering accusations are related to the so-called 1MDB scandal, in which billions of dollars allegedly went missing from a state fund.
Meanwhile in … the Maldives, thousands of applicants overwhelmed a bookstore looking to hire
The Maldives, thousands of applicants from around the world have overwhelmed a bookstore looking to hire. Philip Blackwell, founder of the 15-employee Ultimate Library bookstore, was stunned when applicants including a member of the White House press …
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