Donald Trump has declared a "national emergency" which will give the US government sweeping powers to prevent American companies doing business with foreign suppliers of telecommunications equipment including Huawei. Mr Trump signed an executive order which accused foreign powers of […]
In 1973 America’s Supreme Court legalised abortion across the country through its ruling in the case of Roe v Wade. After a series of challenges followed, the court reaffirmed its core ruling in Roe in another pivotal case in 1992, […]
The Senate Intelligence Committee has struck a deal with Donald Trump Jr. to appear for a closed-door interview next month, pulling the two sides back, for now, from a confrontation over a subpoena as part of the panel’s Russia investigation. Under the […]
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 […]
It may have a distinctly chequered past in its treatment of women, but the Vatican has scored a small victory in its push towards greater inclusion with the formation of its first female football team. The new squad is made […]
The 25-year-old heiress to the German business behind Choco Leibniz biscuits has been accused of trivialising the company’s Nazi past. Verena Bahlsen has come under fire over comments she made claiming the company treated forced labourers well during the Nazi […]
North Korea said on Tuesday the seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States was an illegal act that violated the spirit of a summit between the two countries’ leaders, and demanded the return of the vessel without delay. […]
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern has rejected a £2.50 bribe from a schoolgirl who wanted the government to investigate mythical monsters and the supernatural. The 11-year old girl, identified only as Victoria, wanted to have telekinetic powers so she […]
Paris is clamping down on the exponential use of electric scooters by forcing operators to sign a charter of good practice or face a total ban. The French capital is awash with free-floating “trottinettes électriques”, as Parisians call them, with […]
Mohammad Akran’s memories of the Lahore of his youth as a beautiful, tree-filled, green place are difficult to reconcile with his daily fight with its now notorious smog. While the market trader grew up in a place which once proudly called […]