France2 days agoMacron declares France 'under attack' after church beheading, bolsters security at schools, religious sitesAt least three people were killed and several were wounded on Thursday following a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice.
Russia4 days agoDad of former US Marine in Russia jail details alleged political motivations behind son’s ‘unjust’ treatmentLast August, the now 29-year-old Texas native was arrested amid a night out in the Russian capital and was later charged with “assaulting and endangering the lives of the two police officers."
GLOBAL ECONOMYOctober 23This Italian village is paying younger people to move there, operate a businessThe medieval hilltop village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio is paying young people to live there for at least five years.
CrimeOctober 19New British rape prosecution guidelines advise to ignore 'sexts,' explicit imagesThe guidelines argue that the changing digital interactions that individuals regularly engage in create a need for changing standards in legal prosecutions.
ElectionsOctober 12Biden tax hike plan causes wealthy Americans to panic over estate planning strategiesAdvisers see uptick in planning requests ahead of the election.
CaliforniaOctober 9San Francisco tax revenue plunge points to resident exodusSales tax revenues declined by more than 40% this spring.
CrimeOctober 1Luxury mansion in Canada operated as 'high-end illegal casino,' complete with slot machines, police sayA sprawling mansion in a high-end neighborhood north of Toronto operated as a "high-end" underground gambling den, according to police.
HEALTHSeptember 23German Lufthansa airline plans rapid COVID-19 testing for passengersGerman airline Lufthansa announced this week that it would start offering rapid coronavirus testing for passengers in October.
CoronavirusSeptember 11South Africa's strict coronavirus lockdown credited with saving lives, but economy is sufferingSouth Africa’s coronavirus lockdown measures, some of the strictest in the world, have earned praise from groups including the World Health Organization [WHO] for saving lives – but at the same time, recent data could prove some analysts’ claims that its economy has been largely “destroyed.”
ChinaSeptember 11China slaps restrictions on US diplomats' movements as tensions growChina announced "reciprocal restrictions" on the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and across the country.
