December2018

Germany’s summer was extremely hot in 2018, but the term “Heisszeit,” or warm age, also reflects climate change as a whole. “Funklochrepublik” and “Ankerzentren” were other favorites this year. “Heisszeit,” literally “hot time,” is the German...

After reversing decades of Middle East policy, Australia will now wait to move its embassy to Jerusalem. Last year, the US unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, triggering violent unrest in the region. Prime Minister Scott...

Spanish prosecutors filed charges against Colombian singer Shakira on Friday, accusing her of failing to pay 14.5 million euros in tax ($16.3 million) in the country where her Spanish footballer partner plays. The charges were filed...

Sri Lanka will hope to put poor form and off-field chaos behind them when they face New Zealand in the first Test at Wellington’s Basin Reserve on Saturday. The tourists’ preparations have been anything but smooth,...

Thousands of France’s “yellow vest” demonstrators were expected to take to the streets again on Saturday, a month after the start of their protest movement which has plunged President Emmanuel Macron’s government into its biggest crisis....

Sri Lanka’s crisis looked over on Saturday as strongman Mahinda Rajapakse bowed out of a power battle that had crippled the island nation for seven weeks and sent it heading for a possible debt default. Rajapakse...

Boeing Co opened its first 737 completion plant in China on Saturday, a strategic investment aimed at building a sales lead over arch-rival Airbus in one of the world’s top travel markets that have been overshadowed...

People with heart failure who get flu shots may be less likely to die prematurely than their counterparts who don’t get vaccinated, a Danish study suggests. Researchers followed more than 134,000 patients with heart failure between...

Social network Tumblr is back on Apple’s app store after pledging to remove adult content from the platform. Tumblr was removed from the app store in November after child abuse images were found to have slipped...

Actress Sondra Locke, who was best known for making six movies with Clint Eastwood, has died at the age of 74. She earned an Oscar nomination for her first film, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,...