The Belgian government has been called in to investigate the death of a man in police custody after an official sat on his rib cage for 16 minutes and another apparently made a Nazi salute. Jozef Chovanec, a 38-year-old Slovak citizen, was arrested in February 2018 at Charleroi airport after …
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Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in China’s Three Gorges Dam, which recorded the largest flood of water in its history, prompting officials to reassure the public that it would not be damaged. Inflows into the world’s largest hydroelectric dam reach 75m liters of water per second, according to …
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President Donald Trump has announced that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will activate a controversial mechanism aimed at re-imposing UN sanctions on Iran, and escalate a series of European allies that have enormous consequences for the Iranian nuclear deal. Pompeo will travel to New York on Thursday to report to …
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The number of new cases of coronavirus in the U.S. rose, but remained below 50,000 for the fourth day in a row, as some universities and schools moved classes online to prevent campus outbreaks. The U.S. reported more than 44,000 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, sharply up from 35,112 the …
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Flights on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze River forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday, threatening a 1,200-year-old world heritage site. Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-meter (233ft) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Sichuan province, …
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