International News
Australia Prime Minister drops knights and dames from honours system
Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under the honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced.
According to BBC News, Mr. Turnbull said...
UN says climate plans 'not enough
The UN has released its assessment of national plans to limit climate change, submitted by 146 countries.
Officials say the submissions, in their current form,...
Last UK Guantanamo Bay detainee released
The last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been released, having been detained there for 13 years, the foreign secretary has...
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell signs with VKB Knights for South Africa’s Ram Slam...
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell will campaign in the South African Ram Slam Twenty20 League for a second straight year after signing for VKB...
India court rejects hanged girls probe
An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last...
Germany's biggest bank to cut 15,000 jobs
Deutsche Bank has said it will cut 15,000 jobs as it announced a third-quarter 6 billion Euros loss.
Germany's biggest bank said it would cut...
Ten dead after four boats sank off Greece
Ten people, including children, have died after four boats sank off Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday.
Hours earlier the Greek coastguard...
China to end it one-child policy
China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, the Xinhua news agency reports.
All couples will now be allowed to have two children, the...
West Indies captain Jason Holder says the batsmen need to follow the bowlers’ example
After watching West Indies’ batting fail in both Tests against Sri Lanka, captain Jason Holder says that department needs to take inspiration from the...
US to investigate officer-pupil clash in South Carolina
The US justice department is looking into why a female pupil in South Carolina was pulled from her desk by an officer and dragged...
