Erdogan says Turkey to boycott US electronic goods
August 15, 2018 | 08:58
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (Aug 14) said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods like the iPhone in retaliation for punitive sanctions from Washington, as the Turkish lira finally clawed back some of the ground lost in its stand-off with Washington.
Masked vandals torch dozens of cars in Sweden
August 14, 2018 | 20:51
Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said on Tuesday (Aug 14), in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election.
Foreign tourists get surprise bonanza from Turkey woes
August 14, 2018 | 20:45
The collapse of the Turkish lira has caused trauma as Turks see their purchasing power slashed, but bargain-hunting foreign tourists visiting the country at the peak of the summer season are cashing in on a currency windfall.
Italy highway bridge collapses in Genoa, at least 22 dead
August 14, 2018 | 20:39
A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday (Aug 14) over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in what the transport minister said was likely to be "an immense tragedy".
Nine killed in Taiwan hospice blaze
August 13, 2018 | 16:50
Nine people were killed and 30 injured in a blaze that broke out early on Monday (Aug 13) at a hospice for the terminally ill near Taiwan's capital Taipei, fire officials said.
Corruption scandal in Argentina fells titans of business
August 13, 2018 | 11:59
Records kept in notebooks of the kinds used by schoolchildren are bringing down titans of Argentina's industry in a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal.
Eight bodies found in Indonesian plane crash
August 13, 2018 | 11:55
A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed eight people in mountainous eastern Indonesia, authorities said Sunday (Aug 12).
100 technology experts and scientists to gather in Vietnam
August 13, 2018 | 09:33
The MPI will invite 100 overseas Vietnamese technology experts and scientists to bring Industry 4.0 to Vietnam.
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb
August 13, 2018 | 09:00
Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday (Aug 12) as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.
France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic
August 13, 2018 | 07:12
France plans to introduce a penalty system that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic, part of a pledge to use only recycled plastic nationwide by 2025, an environment ministry official said on Sunday (Aug 12).
Combative Saudi foreign policy stirs international ire
August 11, 2018 | 09:46
Saudi Arabia has sought to tame critics with an aggressive foreign policy, but a deadly air raid in Yemen following an acrimonious spat with Canada will only amplify international pressure on the kingdom, analysts say.
UN calls for 'credible' investigation of Yemen bus attack
August 11, 2018 | 09:13
The UN Security Council called on Friday (Aug 10) for a credible and transparent investigation into the death of at least 29 children in a Saudi-led coalition attack on a bus in Yemen.
European pilots hit Ryanair with biggest strike yet
August 11, 2018 | 09:10
Ryanair pilots across Europe staged their first simultaneous strike on Friday (Aug 10) as they ramped up a battle for better pay and conditions, plunging tens of thousands of passengers into travel chaos during the busy summer season.
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