Chinese snap up used Rolexes, Birkins to satisfy luxury cravings amid slowdown
SHANGHAI — China’s coronavirus-driven economic slowdown is proving to be a boon for Zhu Tainiqi, the Shanghai-based founder of second-hand luxury goods marketplace ZZER, who is now scouting for shop space to expand the business.
Rocky path revealed between Swiss glaciers in extreme melt season
ZANFLEURON PATH, Switzerland - A rocky Alpine path between two glaciers in Switzerland is emerging for what the local ski resort says is the first time in at least 2,000 years after the hottest European summer on record.
Hong Kong exiled activists silenced online as surveillance rises
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Unlike most 27-year-olds, Chung Ching Kwong does not want any of her life shared on social media.
Both her and her loved...
Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border — sources in Dhaka
DHAKA -- Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh, said two government sources in Dhaka, adding that the...
CrowdStrike executive apologizes before US Congress for software glitch behind July global outage
WASHINGTON — A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike apologized at an appearance before a US House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday for a...
Missing chips snarl car production at factories worldwide
More than a year after its outbreak, the coronavirus keeps finding new ways to hit carmakers.
France’s Macron defeats far-right, pledges change
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with...
China jails human rights lawyers for two years
BEIJING -- A Chinese court sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in prison for “inciting subversion” on Tuesday, the latest...
ECB to begin cutting rates even as inflation fight continues
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank was all but certain to cut interest rates from record highs on Thursday and was likely to acknowledge it had...
China resubmits application to build contested big embassy in London
LONDON - China has resubmitted plans to build a new large embassy in London, a contested project that could test how the new Labour government handles relations with...
Pope says same-sex couples should be covered by civil union laws
ROME — Pope Francis has said that same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws in the clearest language he has used on...
Vatican office confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed...