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Operations for several key agencies will cease in the early hours of Saturday, despite last-ditch talks that continued on Capitol Hill
World
01.08.2024
US govt shuts down at midnight as House adjourns with no deal
Canada arrested Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou while she was changing planes in Vancouver on December 1, 2018
World
01.08.2024
Canada, US call for 'immediate release' of two Canadians held by China
Historic Royal Palaces staff hold placards on a picket line, striking strike over pensions outside the Tower of London
World
01.08.2024
Tower of London Beefeaters switch tunics for yellow vests
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said the new taxes are to "increase the well-being of Romanians, the level of investment and to correct some unfair practices in the energy and banking sectors"
World
01.08.2024
Romania adopts 'greed tax' despite investor concerns
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The mood is dark in Washington as a partial government shutdown seems more and more likely, with President Donald Trump standing firm on his demand for funding for a border wall
World 01.08.2024
No Christmas miracle expected as US govt shutdown looms
Central American migrants climb the border fence between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico
World 01.08.2024
Supreme Court deals Trump another immigration setback
A Canadian judge ruled that the current restrictions on Omar Khadr's (pictured 2008) restrictions on his travel and communications with an older sister who has spoken openly in support of Al-Qaeda are reasonable
World 01.08.2024
Canada judge refuses to ease former Guantanamo detainee's bail conditions
Eight people have been killed in Sudan in clashes with riot police during protests over the rising price of bread
World 01.08.2024
Fresh protests in Sudan after deadly bread clashes
Claas Relotius, the journalist at the centre of the scandal, wrote for Der Spiegel for seven years
World 01.08.2024
Spiegel apologises in cover story on faked news scandal
A protester holds a placard, reading 'Overtime sets you free' referring to the German phrase meaning "work sets you free" used at the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp, at a protest march against Hungary's new labour reform law
World 01.08.2024
Protesters return to streets as Hungary's Orban digs in
People wading through a flooded street in Havana, on December 21, 2018: Cuba blamed last year's Hurricane Irma as well as US sanctions for the fact that it won't be able to pay off its debt commitments in 2019
World 01.08.2024
Cuba says unable to pay off debt commitments in 2019
The Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms' ship (C, pictured August 2018) started patrolling the Mediterranean with two other boats run by migrant aid groups off the Libyan coast in late November 2018
World 01.08.2024
Nearly 300 migrants rescued off Libya: aid group
Burundi has been caught up in crisis since President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term in office in 2015
World 01.08.2024
Burundi crisis summit postponed again: official
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