Schools eye facial recognition technology to boost securityThe surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will check each face against a databa...
Bikes out, trees in: Hanoi tackles air pollution woesFamed for ancient pagodas, colonial architecture and delicious pho noodle soup, Vietnam's capital of Hanoi has another, albeit dubious, distinction: air pollution. The city of 7.7 million, where pollu...
Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of successStanding in a field of roses in eastern Afghanistan, former poppy grower Mohammad Din Sapai quickly but carefully plucks the delicate petals that will be turned into rose water and oils for sale aroun...
Most Germans think Europe can defend itself without US helpMore than half of Germans think Europe can defend itself without military backing from the United States, a poll showed on Monday, less than two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could w...
Malian forces kill 11 ‘jihadists’ in clashes following ambushMalian troops killed 11 jihadists who had ambushed them in the centre of the country, in clashes that also left one soldier dead, the defence ministry said. Armed Tuareg groups supporting the governme...
Lap of luxury: Indonesian jailers busted over fancy cellsInmates at an Indonesian prison paid for luxury cells equipped with air conditioning, flat-screen TVs and private washrooms, anti-graft officials said, in the graft-riddled country's latest corruption...
US home sales fall as prices hit record highUS home sales unexpectedly fell in June, posting their third straight monthly decline as a persistent shortage of properties on the market drove house prices to a record high, likely sidelining some p...
‘Dangerous complacency’ feared as AIDS conference opensA world AIDS assembly opens in Amsterdam on Monday hoping to harness the star power of activists Elton John and Prince Harry to bolster the battle against an epidemic experts warn may yet spiral out o...
Trump to Iran: ‘never, ever threaten’ US againPresident Donald Trump on Sunday hit back at bellicose comments by Iran's president, warning him of dire consequences as the US intensifies its campaign against the Islamic republic. "NEVER, EVER THRE...
Accused Russian agent Butina met with US Treasury, Fed officialsAccused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U...
People and politics threaten Kano’s ancient wallsYoung boys scramble up the remains of a crumbling section of the ancient city wall in the Kofar Na'isa area of Kano, in northern Nigeria. "This wall may not survive the rainy season," warned Falalu Mu...
S Korea MP embroiled in bribery scandal commits suicideA prominent South Korean lawmaker who was being probed over a bribery scandal has committed suicide, police said Monday. Roh Hoe-chan, a three-term lawmaker of the left-leaning Justice Party had been...
Record heat broils Japan, prompting warningsJapanese officials issued new warnings Monday as a deadly heatwave blankets the country, producing record high temperatures in Tokyo just two years before the city hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics. Offi...
Trump returns to Russia doubting after a week of walkbacksCapping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to re...
US Congress considers changing supervision of nuclear weaponsThe agency that supervises the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile would essentially lose direct Cabinet oversight under legislation that Congress is negotiating. The little-noticed provision in a defe...
In Damascus, Syrians dare to hope that war’s end may be nearCrossing into Syria from neighboring Lebanon, visitors are greeted by giant posters of President Bashar Assad. The signs proclaim: "Welcome to victorious Syria." In the capital of Damascus, many of th...
With governor’s race, Georgia auditions as 2020 swing stateMove over, Ohio. Make room, Florida and Pennsylvania. Georgia wants in on the swing-state action. The state's gubernatorial contest comes into greater focus Tuesday after Republicans choose between Br...
Another woman lynched in India after WhatsApp rumoursA mob lynched a woman in India after rumours circulated on WhatsApp about child kidnappers, police said Monday, days after the messaging firm said it was curbing the forwarding of messages. More than...
Kabul suicide attack death toll rises to 23: health officialThe death toll from a suicide attack near Kabul international airport has risen to 23, the health ministry said Monday, with an AFP driver among the dead. At least 107 others were wounded in Sunday's...