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Fuel tax hikes halted to calm protests

[2018-12-05 07:05]

PARIS - The French government on Tuesday announced the suspension of fuel tax increases for six months, in a bid to quell fierce protests which have ballooned into the deepest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

AMLO sets out Mexico's 'transformation'

[2018-12-05 07:05]

MEXICO CITY - Newly installed Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched his "transformation" of the country on Monday with a return to presidential news conferences and a new commission to investigate the internationally condemned disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

Making the world hotter: India's expected AC boom

[2018-12-05 07:05]

BEHROR, India - Ratan Kumar once battled India's brutal summers with damp bedsheets and midnight baths. Now he is among millions of Indians using air conditioning - helping make the world hotter still.

Cashless payment a big issue for vendors

[2018-12-05 07:05]

The United Kingdom-based international charity The Big Issue is equipping some of its street-corner vendors with contactless card readers in response to changing trends that mean many people now leave their wallets at home and few carry "spare change".

Japan nabs 11 Chinese on suspicion of illegal working

[2018-12-05 07:05]

The Chinese consulate in Sapporo is working closely with Japanese authorities after 11 Chinese citizens were arrested in Hokkaido, and will make sure the detainees get a fair and impartial investigation, the head of the consulate said on Tuesday.

Iran vows to continue its missile tests

[2018-12-04 07:15]

TEHERAN - Iran will continue to develop and test missiles in line with its deterrence policy despite adversarial positions taken on the issue by the United States, a spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces said on Sunday.

Jordan's winemakers get back in the flow

[2018-12-04 07:15]

AMMAN - Two Jordanian families aim to put wine from their desert land on the world viticultural map, reviving an age-old tradition that some suggest has biblical heritage.

Wet-and-wild ride: Bull races not for faint of heart

[2018-12-04 07:15]

PARIANGAN, Indonesia - Waves of muddy water slosh over the jockey as he hangs on to the tails of a pair of bulls galloping across the rice paddy.

Finland's 'ode' to a new era in libraries

[2018-12-04 07:15]

HELSINKI - What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: A vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living room for the nation".

Earthquake doesn't disrupt food, fuel supply to Alaska

[2018-12-04 07:15]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The supply chain of food and other goods delivered to the Port of Anchorage from the Lower 48 has not been disrupted by the powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage to roads in the Anchorage area.

Conflict in France heads for impasse

[2018-12-04 07:15]

The conflict between the French government and protesters is likely to come to an impasse, as the causes for it have been there for some time, experts say.

Manufacturers stockpile goods as MPs brace for Brexit debate

[2018-12-04 07:15]

With Britain's March 2019 Brexit date looming, manufacturers in the United Kingdom are taking action, stockpiling goods as they prepare to face the prospect of queues at Britain's ports.

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