Sweden Inc sounds alarm as election signals jobs clampdown on immigrantsUncertainty surrounds next month's Swedish election but one thing about its outcome seems clear: immigrants will find it harder to get jobs and the consequences will rebound on local businesses too. A...
New Zealand PM back to work after maternity leaveNew Zealand Prime Minister and new mum Jacinda Ardern, only the second world leader to give birth while in office, ended her maternity leave Thursday and immediately announced baby Neve will accompany...
Trump thanks North Korea’s Kim keeping word on war remains, hopes to see him ‘soon’US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he looked forward to meeting Kim Jong Un soon and thanked the North Korean leader for sending the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Ko...
Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year historyHavana could be compared to the colorful 1950s classic American cars that fill its roads: an object of desire for historians and tourists alike. To walk through its streets is to take a step back in t...
Identification work begins on Korean War remains now in USThe US military is beginning the painstaking process of analyzing remains from the Korean War now that they are back on American soil after having been handed over by North Korea last week. Vice Presi...
Where is Merkel? Germany hunts chancellor after holiday no-showWhere is Angela Merkel? That question is preoccupying German media after the chancellor's husband was spotted on holiday in northern Italy without his wife. In past years paparazzi have got pictures o...
Passengers recount escape from burning Mexican planeShortly after boarding her flight in the northern Mexican state of Durango afternoon on Tuesday afternoon, Ashley Garcia had a premonition that something was wrong. The 17-year-old high school student...
Seoul requests Interpol warrant over ‘treasure ship’ claimsPolice in Seoul requested an international arrest warrant for the founder of a Singapore-based firm Thursday after launching an investigation into the company and a South Korean start-up over false cl...
Abortion-rights activists brace for new wave of restrictionsAbortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier for women to get abortions amid a new wave of state-level bans and restrictions expected to occur under a reconfigured US Supreme C...
Turkey, US in diplomatic crisis after ministers hit by sanctionsTurkey and the United States were on Thursday locked in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the NATO allies in years after Washington slapped sanctions on two senior Turkish ministers and Ankar...
US Congress passes bill forcing tech companies to disclose foreign software probesThe US Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of softwar...
Cambodia PM slams ‘failed’ election boycott campaignCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said opposition calls to boycott elections failed as he celebrated his "crystal clear" victory in the uncontested vote in a speech to thousands of garment workers Thur...
China calls for peace mechanism for Korean peninsulaChina on Thursday called for a push to establish a peace mechanism for the Korean peninsula as well as denuclearisation. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said he hoped the United States and North Korea - who...
N Korea says ‘unprecedented’ heatwave causing heavy crop damageNorth Korea on Thursday warned that an "unprecedented" heatwave has caused heavy damage to crops as it urged citizens to "join the struggle" to prevent drought-like conditions from worsening and hampe...