Fully electric “flying vehicles” could join Paris’ transport network “within five years”, according to the French capital’s public operator RATP. RATP, which manages Paris’ bus, train, and underground services, is teaming up with Airbus, the European aerospace giant, to "explore […]
Poland’s pro-EU opposition has a 10-point lead over the ruling nationalists ahead of European Parliament elections, a survey showed on Friday, a sharp turnaround that some analysts linked to a film about sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church. The […]
Russia’s state-owned Channel One TV has cancelled the results of a popular TV singing competition, The Voice Kids after an investigation uncovered evidence that phone votes were rigged. Channel One confirmed that ”there was outside influence on the voting that affected the result”, […]
I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York, his sons’ architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old. The Chinese-born […]
Fully electric “flying vehicles” could join Paris’ transport network “within five years”, according to the French capital’s public operator RATP. RATP, which manages Paris’ bus, train, and underground services, is teaming up with Airbus, the European aerospace giant, to "explore […]
The first Venezuelan politician to denounce Nicolas Maduro and switch his allegiance to Juan Guaido has said the government is presiding over a "genocide", adding that 14 other politicians are ready to follow his lead. Fernando Orozco Cassiani caused shockwaves […]
The embattled district of Shopian in the south of Kashmir is at breaking point. An unknown gunman has shot and injured a local politician in the village of Chitragam. He is the third politician shot this week in Shopian district alone. […]
The Philippines is withdrawing top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa missed a deadline to take back 69 shipping containers full of rubbish, the latest move in a long-running row stoked by threats from Manila’s outspoken president. Last month, President Rodrigo […]
Sri Lanka temporarily blocked social media networks and messaging apps and imposed a nationwide curfew on Monday after the worst outbreak of anti-Muslim violence since the Easter Sunday attacks. The murder of over 250 people by suicide bombers at three churches and three […]
Austria is to ban girls under the age of 14 from wearing Islamic headscarves to school. The Austrian parliament on Wednesday approved a new law that prohibits any “ideologically or religiously influenced clothing which is associated with the covering of […]