Chernobyl disaster zone lures tourists as visitor numbers boom
April 25, 2018 2:33 pm
CHERNOBYL (UKRAINE) (AFP) – Camera? Check. Sunglasses? Check. And a Geiger counter? Check. For a growing number of thrill-seekers visiting Chernobyl’s... View Article
Germany to Discontinue ECHO Awards, the Country’s Top Music Prize, After Anti-Semitic Lyric Backlash
April 25, 2018 2:33 pm
At a meeting held yesterday (April 24) in Berlin, the executive board of Germany’s Music Industry Association (BVMI) decided to... View Article
WhatsApp bans European under-16s from using app
April 25, 2018 2:29 pm
PARIS (AFP) – WhatsApp has raised its minimum age for users in the European Union to 16 years, as the bloc... View Article
When is Ramadan in 2018?
April 25, 2018 2:27 pm
A telescope for the sighting of the new moon in Jakarta [File: Antara Foto/Rivan Awal Lingga/Reuters] The Muslim holy month... View Article
France’s Macron ends visit with speech to US Congress
April 25, 2018 2:27 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron was poised to address US lawmakers Wednesday as he wraps up his three-day visit... View Article
Live: Macron addresses US Congress
April 25, 2018 2:26 pm
Live: Macron addresses US Congress Read more Iran slams nuclear talks, dismisses ‘tradesman’ Trump Read more Macron, Trump vow ‘common... View Article
Lack of oversight for Afghan donations: US watchdog
April 25, 2018 2:25 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Billions of dollars of reconstruction cash are flowing into Afghanistan with limited accounting of where and how the... View Article
S.African protests over new minimum wage
April 25, 2018 2:21 pm
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Several thousand protestors marched through Johannesburg Wednesday to demonstrate against a proposed minimum wage, a new test for... View Article
Kuwait expels Philippine envoy amid tensions over domestic workers
April 25, 2018 2:20 pm
25 April 2018 – 16H20 © AFP | Relatives of Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found inside a... View Article
South Korea is sparing no effort to make summit with Kim a made-for-TV success
April 25, 2018 2:15 pm
SEOUL — Nothing will be left to chance when Kim Jong Un on Friday becomes the first North Korean leader... View Article