President Emmanuel Macron of France has suffered a major blow in his tense strike standoff with unions over pension reform after its architect resigned over a conflict-of-interest scandal. Jean-Paul Delevoye, Mr Macron’s high commissioner for pensions, had come under increasing […]
New Orleans has declared a state of emergency after falling victim to a cyber attack which forced the shutdown of all the city government’s computers. The attack, which was first detected at 5 am on Friday, intensified as staff logged […]
A fortress city of stone redoubts, ramparts, bastions and forts, Valletta has long been used as a backdrop for historical epics like Gladiator, Troy and Game of Thrones. But Malta’s capital – dubbed the Mini Hollywood of the Mediterranean – is […]
The Argentinian crime gang which killed a British businessman held welcome signs in the airport arrivals hall as cover to spot wealthy tourists, officials say, as four men have been arrested in connection with the murder. Property magnate Matthew Gibbard […]
Italian authorities ordered the biggest peacetime evacuation in the country since World War Two on Sunday to defuse a massive unexploded British bomb that was partially damaged when discovered in the southern city of Brindisi. The historic evacuation displaced some 53,000 residents —more […]
Passengers have described as "terrifying" having to evacuate their plane on emergency slides after noticing the smell of burning and mist in the cabin shortly after take-off. Qantas flight QF575 took off from Sydney and was bound for Perth but […]
An attempt by the meat industry to outlaw the term veggie burger has been thrown out by a federal court in the US. At the behest of the meat industry, Arkansas along with Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana and South Dakota – […]
France faces a crunch week in a crippling strike standoff between unions and the government over pension reform amid uncertainty over whether millions will be stranded at Christmas. National train traffic and the Paris metro remained severely disrupted on the […]
Global efforts to tackle climate change have stalled due to a lack of ambition, the UN Secretary General has said, as the COP25 conference in Madrid drew to a close with a watered-down agreement. “The international community lost an important […]
Botswana’s government has revoked the licences of two professional hunters who shot dead a research elephant and then destroyed its collar to try to hide the evidence. In a statement late on Saturday, the environment and tourism ministry said that […]