November2016

News Hour: Plans to build a 73-storey skyscraper that would be the tallest in the City of London financial district have been approved by the local authority, which said the project was a vote of confidence...

News Hour: Britain’s new plastic five-pound notes, bearing the portrait of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, have fallen foul of thousands of people who object to the use of animal fats in their manufacture. An online...

News Hour: She remembers Castro during that visit as a “very warm and charming man — I enjoyed him.” – Margaret Trudeau on Fidel Castro Pierre Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of Canada, made many visits to...

News Hour: Emma Morano, thought to be the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 1800s, celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday, still swearing by her diet of two raw eggs a...

News Hour: Fifteen sculptors worked three weeks to shape 90 tonnes of ice into a gothic-style dome that opened to visitors last week in the High Tatra mountains of Slovakia. Built 1,285 meters (4,240 feet) above...

News Hour: Wrapped up warmly with layers of clothing, gloves, hats and goggles, the runners await the blasting siren marking the start of the race before heading off onto the barren track. Ahead of them, snow,...

News Hour: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will face a rare challenge from a revitalized and united opposition in an election on Thursday as he seeks to extend his 22-year grip on power in the tiny West...

News Hour: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee stood by President Jacob Zuma in a debate about whether he should step down after several officials called for his resignation. The...

News Hour: The United States may send a delegation to the funeral of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the White House said Monday, but neither President Barack Obama nor Vice President Biden will be in attendance....

News Hour: Police in eastern India have rescued 13 babies and discovered the skeletons of two infants in raids on homes for the elderly and mentally disabled, as a probe into a suspected international human trafficking...