Polluted London sets its sights on cars

Gone are the days of London’s "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution -- and has road traffic firmly in its sights.

Trump drops China bashing during warm Xi summit

US President Donald Trump ditched his trademark anti-China bombast, hailing an "outstanding" relationship with counterpart Xi Jinping at the end of a superpower summit Friday overshadowed by events in Syria.

Trump jokes he’s ’gotten nothing’ from Xi so far

President Donald Trump predicted a "very great" relationship with China's Xi Jinping as the pair met for the first time at his Florida resort of Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, when cordiality replaced tough anti-China rhetoric.

Global smoking deaths up by 5% since 1990: study

The percentage of men and women who use tobacco every day has dropped in most nations since 1990, but the total number of smokers and tobacco-related deaths has increased, a consortium of researchers reported on Thursday.

Recession-hit Argentina faces general strike

Workers have vowed a general strike in recession-hit Argentina on Thursday, drawing complaints from President Mauricio Macri as he prepares to host leaders and businesspeople for an economic forum.

Philippines,rebels agree on interim ceasefire

The Philippine government and leftist rebels have agreed in principle on an interim ceasefire to boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of the world's longest insurgencies, a joint statement said.

11 dead in Russian metro ’terror attack’

Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion rocked the Saint Petersburg metro on Monday, in what Russian authorities described as an "act of terror". Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia's second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station.

'10 dead' in Saint Petersburg metro blast

Around 10 people were feared dead and dozens injured yesterday after an explosion rocked the metro system in Russia’s second city Saint Petersburg, according to authorities, who were not ruling out a terror attack.

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