Tag: World news
Search resumes for 6 from sunken superyacht off Sicily
PORTICELLO, Sicily -- Rescue teams and divers were returning to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht off Sicily on Tuesday to search for...
Asian markets mostly rise after Wall Street extends its winning streak to longest of the year
Asian stocks mostly rose Tuesday after Wall Street pushed closer to record highs following its roller coaster of a summer.In Tokyo, the Nikkei...
Malawi receives an insurance payout of $11.2 million for El Nino-linked drought disaster
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the...
Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year...
Groups say they're shut out of global treaty talks on plastics pollution in Bangkok
Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution....
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was trying to bounce back from HP fraud case before being lost at sea
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon...