More bus passengers paid with contactless and mobile apps rather than cash on FirstGroup's local bus routes for the first time in its history, the company has revealed.
Russia continues expanding economic cooperation with fellow BRICS countries, said President Vladimir Putin at BRICS Summit in Brazil. Russia's trade with Brazil, India, China and South Africa has grown by 22.4 percent. "We are actively participating in international trade, boosting our mutually beneficial ties with foreign countries — first and foremost, our BRICS partners. In...
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testifying on Wednesday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked him more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically.
Israel and the militant Islamic jihad group in Gaza reached a ceasefire on Thursday to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months, AP reported. Islamic jihad spokesman Musab al-Berim said the Egyptian-brokered deal went into effect early in the morning. An Israeli military spokesman tweeted that the Gaza operation “is over.” Some restrictions were lifted...
US military exercises with South Korea could be scaled back to aid diplomacy with the nuclear-armed North, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signaled. The statement came after Pyongyang said it was running out of patience, AFP said. The North has long protested joint military drills, which it condemns as preparations for invasion, and has set...
China invited observers to a successful test of its Mars lander as the country pushes for inclusion in more global space projects.
Sales of Burberry dropped strongly in Hong Kong in the first six months of the year, as protests continue to rock the city state.
