Australia's capital has become the first part of the country to legalise recreational marijuana for personal use.
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that France “cannot host everyone.” Last week, he signaled a tougher line on immigration in the second half of his mandate, arguing the government must stop voters drifting to the far-right, AFP reported. “France cannot host everyone if it wants to host people well,” Macron told Europe 1. He...
The US tobacco giants Philip Morris and Altria are calling off merger talks.
The 23rd Congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) kicked off in Moscow this week to become a platform for exchange of experience between the audit chambers of different countries. The head of Russia's Audit Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, who will be the president of INTOSAI for the next three years, talked to...
The former boss of Danske Bank in Estonia, Aivar Rehe, was found dead on Wednesday after almost two days of searching, police have confirmed. The 56-year-old banker left his home in Tallinn on Monday, leaving his dog and phone behind. After the search of a nearby forest, and places he usually visited, ended on Tuesday...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is among four people named as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel.
Israel's election committee published final results from last week's election on Wednesday that gave PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud an additional seat. However, this did not change the deadlock the country faces. The final results from the September 17 vote gave the rightwing Likud 32 seats compared to Benny Gantz's more moderate Blue and White's 33...
