World

LONDON—It was the ship that sparked the colonization of an entire continent. But just years after carrying Captain James Cook on his epic journey from England to the eastern shores of Australia, the HMS Endeavour slipped out of commission, and out of the history books, her whereabouts a mystery. Now, marine archaeologists believe they may […]

Tlaquepaque Residents complained about a rotten odor coming from a local warehouse—it was a refrigerated truck with 150 dead bodies. “The odor would come in waves,” Guadalupe Vázquez told CNN. “Something else that was suspicious was that patrol cars were always there guarding and at night dogs would bark and a lot of flies.” In […]

BERLIN–The German government is taking steps to counter a surge in Chinese bids for stakes in German technology companies, including the creation of a billion-euro fund that could rescue such firms that are in financial trouble, a government source told Reuters. Senior officials are also working on changes to foreign trade regulations to ensure that […]

GENEVA–France and Germany have called on China to close “re-education camps” in its restive far western region of Xinjiang where up to one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities are thought to be held for political indoctrination as pressure grows for U.N. action. Reports of mass detentions and strict surveillance of the Turkic minority in […]

Power companies have switched off life support 30 times in two years without telling people on life support about planned interruptions, Australian Energy Regulator (AER) stated. They are meant to give written notice to people on life support four days in advance of a planned interruption. “It is imperative that these customers receive advanced notice of […]

Forest City, a multi-billion dollar property development near Singapore largely financed by mainland Chinese investors, is facing uncertainty after Malaysia’s prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, publicly condemned sales of its property to foreign investors. In a bid to ward off further inflation of Malaysia’s housing market, the 93-year-old leader said in a news conference on Aug. […]

Australian authorities have arrested a young boy after he admitted he put needles in strawberries as a “prank.” The arrest was announced by New South Wales police on Wednesday, Sept. 19, with Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith saying the boy had been arrested in the last few days. “Obviously in the last few days we […]

SEOUL—North Korea has agreed to “permanently” abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and is willing to close its main nuclear complex subject to final negotiations, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Sept. 19. Speaking at a joint news conference following their summit talks in Pyongyang, Moon and North Korean […]

MELBOURNE–Needles have been found inside strawberries in two more Australian states, police said on Sept. 17, broadening a health scare that has caused supermarkets to recall brands and farmers to dump fruit amid the peak growing season. One man in the state of Western Australia and a girl in South Australia reported finding needles in […]

SYDNEY–Australian police said on Sept. 18 they are investigating reports of dozens of cases of needles embedded in strawberries and other fruits, and warned that those responsible could be jailed for 10 years. The issue is fast turning into one of Australia’s biggest ever food scares that has halted exports to New Zealand and forced […]

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump told Polish President Andrzej Duda that he’s considering his counterpart’s offer of putting a U.S. military base in Poland, because of concerns about Russian military aggression in the region. Duda offered to pay more than $2 billion for the permanent base, according to Trump, who cited it as a potential model for other […]

Egypt allowed the public to visit a 4,000-year old tomb in the Saqqara necropolis near Giza for the first time on Sept. 8 in a bid to promote tourism. The tomb, discovered in 1940 by Egyptologist Zaki Saad, belongs to an ancient Egypt high-ranking official named Mehu who was related to the first king of […]

The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Sept. 18, it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the U.S. tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the infotainment market. Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, with combined sales of 10.6 million vehicles last year, said future models will “integrate Google applications […]

The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Sept. 18, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features. The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone […]

Qualcomm Inc is preparing to add at least two new directors to its board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the U.S. smartphone chip maker looks to appease shareholders who withheld voting support for its board last March. Qualcomm has been forced to defend its track record this year after upsetting some investors […]

NEW YORK—”Why was there an order to start killing?” Fang Zheng asked bluntly. His simple query, among a titanic amount of other interrelated questions, has been unanswered for nearly 3 decades. But Zheng—a victim turned activist—whose legs were run over by a tank during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, is still fighting for the truth. The bloodbath, carried […]

NEW YORK—Global equity markets rallied on Sept. 18 as the latest tit-for-tat U.S.-Chinese trade dispute was seen as barely denting world growth, while U.S. Treasury yields rose in anticipation the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this year and next. China said it will levy tariffs on about $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, as […]

The event did not make the news until Sept. 14, when the Chinese Embassy in Sweden issued a public notice warning Chinese not to visit Sweden on account of poor safety and abuse by the local police.

There has been a dramatic boom in urban farming in France over the last few years.

A prominent ant-Kremlin activist who was apparently poisoned in Moscow was saved by prompt medical treatment, his Berlin doctors claim. Pyotr Verzilov publishes an online Russian-language news portal–and has close ties with the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, Reuters reported. He participated in—and was jailed for—an incident during the 2018 World Cup soccer match when […]

The next generation of wireless mobile communications technology—known as 5G—is considered key to revolutionizing many different industries: transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing, to name a few. Countries are currently vying for leadership in 5G because that is seen as critical to economic growth. China’s ambition in the 5G race is stated clearly in its national policy. […]

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sept. 18, his “historic” summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore stabilized regional security and that he expected further progress at an inter-Korean summit aimed at reviving stalled nuclear diplomacy. Kim thanked South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in for bringing about the Singapore meeting in June as […]

A toilet, a shopping trolley, and a garden shed, all raced at high speed at an event in northern England Sept.15 to Sept. 16, showcasing the eccentric side of motor sports. The toilet, which a team of young students had rigged out with wheels and an old motorcycle engine, reached just over 70 miles per hour […]

DUBLIN—Ireland has collected 13.1 billion euros ($15.2 billion) in disputed taxes from Apple plus interest of 1.2 billion euros, which it will hold in escrow pending an appeal against a European Union tax ruling, Ireland’s finance minister said Sept. 18. The European Commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives. Both […]

Syrian antiaircraft defenses mistakenly shot down a Russian patrol plane, killing all 15 people on board, during an Israeli air strike on hostile positions in Syria. The Russian Ilyushin IL-20 was downed Sept. 17 by a Syrian S-200 missile, according to Russian news agency TASS. While the Russian military initially blamed Israel for the incident, […]

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has been sued for defamation on Sept. 17, for suggesting that a British caver who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave in July was a pedophile and child rapist. Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, sued over Musk’s July 15 tweet […]

BUENOS AIRES–Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez was indicted on Sept. 17 on charges that her administration accepted bribes from construction companies in exchange for public works contracts, according to an indictment released by a federal judge. Argentina’s Justice Department is seeking to determine whether Fernandez headed a broad corruption network that involved politicians and businessmen […]