Cyclone toll in Myanmar's Rakhine state at least 41: local leaders
The death toll in cyclone-hit villages of Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on Tuesday, local leaders told AFP.
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Wells Fargo to pay $1 bn to settle shareholder class action
US bank Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit by shareholders who accused it of not having changed its management and practices quickly enough after a series of scandals.
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In new Telegram video, CIA urges Russians leak 'the truth'
The US Central Intelligence Agency bolstered efforts to convince Russians to leak their country's secrets on Monday, posting an emotional video on Telegram aimed at people frustrated with the situation under President Vladimir Putin.
Read moreNew Zealand hostel fire kills at least six
A fire ripped through a four-storey hostel in New Zealand's capital in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least six people as others fled for their lives, with some plucked from the roof.
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Stokes fitness doubt in latest England Ashes scare
England Test captain Ben Stokes is still unable to bowl and is only "batting cover", his coach at IPL side Chennai Super Kings says, in a fresh injury scare weeks before the Ashes.
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Women still struggling with boys' club of Greek politics
As the credits rolled on Greek television's long-awaited election debate between the party leaders, one thing united them -- they were all men.
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Greek island villages say they are being left to die
They may live in a tourist paradise, but many villagers on Greek islands despair of a central government they say does little for them.
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The three men vying to lead Greece
Greece will hold a legislative election on May 21 that promises to be the closest in more than a decade, with three main parties competing for seats in the 300-member parliament.
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Greece's Mitsotakis eyes new term in uncertain ballot
Greeks will vote on Sunday in the most unpredictable national polls in a decade with an inconclusive result likely to lead to the election needing to be re-run.
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Cookie fight: Austrian activist in tough online privacy fight
Five years after Europe enacted sweeping data protection legislation, prominent online privacy activist Max Schrems says he still has a lot of work to do as tech giants keep dodging the rules.
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