4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (949+ words) PARAKOU – The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...

26+ min ago   (293+ words) BEIJING – Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (487+ words) HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (376+ words) FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (110+ words) WSLS Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children Appeals court cites detention of Japanese Americans in ruling blasting Trump immigration policy VSP arrests woman wanted on second-degree murder charges in North…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (369+ words) Jean-Yves Kamale And Mark Banchereau KINSHASA – The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa’s top health body said Thursday. In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (265+ words) BUKAVU – A fire on Thursday in Bukavu, eastern Congo, killed at least 24 students, the rebel administration that controls the city said. The spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Lawrence Kanyuka, said 19 girls and five boys were killed, adding that 29 people were…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (254+ words) LONDON – The CEO of Ryanair on Thursday disputed that a passenger injured during a flight on one of its planes in July was partly sucked out a broken window. Ljubisa Karovic injured his neck and shoulder and had friction burns…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (407+ words) BEIJING – China and the United States hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson said Thursday, fueling expectations that an announcement could come when the leaders of the two countries meet in two weeks....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (445+ words) ADEN – The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,…...