Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has resigned after losing a vote of confidence, Belgian newspaper De Morgen reported on Tuesday.

Week-long protests in Budapest have forged fragmented opposition parties into a rare coalition against Viktor Orban, drawing young Hungarians into the streets to demonstrate against what they see as his increasingly authoritarian rule.

Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League unveiled its election manifesto on Tuesday, making sweeping promises to eradicate poverty and boost the economy as it seeks to retain power for a third straight term.

Washington has confirmed its decision to withdraw from the INF treaty is final, Russian deputy foreign minister said, adding that Moscow will 'take measures' if American missiles that threaten its security are placed in Europe. Read Full Article at RT.com

Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his immediate resignation after a no-confidence motion against his government was introduced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ken Watson, 87, wrapped up 14 presents for Cadi Williams, aged two, in a final act of kindness before he died. The retired diver from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan secretly stashed away gifts.

Martin Brown, 38 and wife Lindsey, 35, from Chorley in Lancashire, submitted a false claim against Jet2holidays for gastric illness, after staying at the Emre Hotel in Marmaris, Turkey, in 2016.

Amanda Donaldson, 36, worked for Rowling as an assistant before being sacked. Donaldson, of Lanarkshire, insists she did no wrong and was even dumped over the allegations.

TEHRAN -- Iran is one of the booming markets for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Asia, the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Iran announced in its latest report.

TEHRAN – New bikes based on Internet of Things (IoT) were placed for the first time on Tuesday into stations for use in Tehran, ISNA reported.

TEHRAN – Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi named top researcher at the 27th Research Festival which was held at the University of Tehran on Monday. During the ceremony, 47 researchers in different fields were honored, ISNA rported.

TEHRAN – Over 5 million Iranians have got electronic documents up to now, the head of Information Technology Organization of Iran (ITO) Amir Nazemi announced on his Twitter account, Mehr reported on Monday.

TEHRAN – Establishing an appropriate academic ecosystem based on the private sector can develop research projects, the vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari said on Monday, IRNA reported.

Work four days a week, but get paid for five? It sounds too good to be true, but companies around the world that have cut their work week have found that it leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff and less burnout. «It is much healthier and we do a better job if we're not working crazy hours,» said Jan Schulz-Hofen, founder of Berlin-based project management software company Planio, who introduced a four-day week to the company's 10-member staff earlier this year. In New Zealand, trust company Perpetual Guardian reported a fall in stress and a jump in staff engagement after it tested a 32-hour week earlier this year. Even in Japan, the government is encouraging companies to allow Monday mornings off, although other schemes in the workaholic country to persuade employees to take it easy have had little effect. Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) is pushing for the whole country to move to a four-day week by the end of the century, a drive supported by the opposition Labour party. The TUC argues that a shorter week is a way for workers to share in the wealth generated by new technologies like machine learning and robotics, just as they won the right to the weekend off...

German and other European automakers warned on Tuesday that EU plans to slash carbon dioxide emissions from new cars and vans by 2030 are «totally unrealistic» without a network to recharge electric cars and more effort to retrain workers. European Union countries and the European Parliament agreed in principle on Monday to require new cars in 2030 to emit 37.5 percent less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 while van emissions will have to drop 31 percent. Ambassadors from EU countries are to expected to endorse the deal in Brussels on Wednesday -- a deal officials touted as advancing the bloc's efforts to meet commitments under the Paris climate accord. But carmakers in Europe, particularly in industry powerhouse Germany, complained the new curbs were not well thought through. «This new regulation demands too much and offers too little incentive,» said Bernhard Mattes, head of the German carmakers' federation VDA. With tougher measures than other parts of the world, he warned, «the European automobile industry will find itself heavily penalised in international competition.» Mattes argued that EU regulators failed to take into account market conditions, saying ordinary...

Two Spanish women who admitted to cultivating and importing cannabis to sustain their personal use of the drug, were each handed a suspended jail sentence during an arraignment which brought into contrast Maltese and Spanish law on the subject. Olga Moran Matia, 27, and Miriam Ruiz Itturbe, 31, both admitted to cultivating a cannabis plant, importing cannabis resin and cannabis possession. Prosecuting Inspector Frank Anthony Tabone explained how the women, who have been in Malta for the past year, were heavy cannabis users. A just-sprouted plant had been found at their home, together with some 19 grams of cannabis resin, one gram short of the 20 gram legal limit applicable back in their homeland. “In Spain they may keep up to 20 grams and cultivate up to two plants,” Inspector Tabone told the court, presided by Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech. “However in Malta, even one plant is against the law.” He said the prosecution was not insisting on an effective jail term in this case. In the light of these circumstances, the court declared the accused guilty upon their own admission and handed each a one-year jail term suspended for two years. It also ordered the confiscation and...

Relations between Malta and Egypt were discussed on Tuesday when Prime Minister Joseph Muscat met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The two were attending the EU-Africa summit in Vienna. They also discussed the situation in the Mediterranean and in Libya.   Those present included Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela and Parliamentary Secretary Julia Farrugia Portelli.

Authorities in Genoa on Tuesday chose a design by Italy's most famous living architect Renzo Piano for a bridge to replace the Morandi overpass which collapsed in August, killing 43 people and injuring dozens. Piano, 81, who is originally from Genoa, had submitted a proposal in September for the new bridge. «This will last for a 1,000 years and will be built of steel,» he said then. It will «have elements of a boat because that is something from Genoa,» he explained, adding that it would be a streamlined and luminous white structure. «We have asked the architect Renzo Piano to oversee the project to ensure that the original idea is respected,» said Marco Bucci, the mayor of the northern port city. The contract was awarded to a consortium of three Italian construction companies, Salini Impregilo, Fincantieri and Italferr. Their proposal is based on an idea donated free of charge by Piano, whose notable works include the Pompidou Centre in Paris, along with British architect Richard Rogers, and the new Palais de Justice in the French capital. He also designed Malta's parliament building. The new bridge is estimated to cost 202 million euros.  

[ANGOP] Malanje -A 31 year-old man, who works for the Municipal Administration of Calandula, northern Malanje Province, has been detained by the Criminal Investigation Police (SIC) for posing as member of the police operation dubbed «Operation Retrieval» and, in that capacity, defrauded many illegal foreigners.

[Swenga] Kigali, Rwanda -In a country with an estimated population of 12 million people, with 50 percent of them being female and 60 per cent being 24-years and below; Rwanda has one of the youngest populations in the world.

[Norwegian Refugee Council] As the world turns its attention to the upcoming elections in Democratic Republic of the Congo this Sunday, the Norwegian Refugee Council cautions not to lose sight of the millions of Congolese men, women and children whose humanitarian needs have yet to be met.

Despite AI’s promise to help marketers reach consumers in ways that are better, faster and cheaper, executives can wind up wasting time and money when they actually try it.

Chinese cellular-technology giant Huawei is relying on a team of recently hired American lawyers to defend itself from an onslaught of accusations and restrictions emanating from Washington.

A Russian influence campaign used a range of social-media platforms to suppress African-American voter turnout and boost Trump, according to studies commissioned by the Senate.

The search giant is joining Amazon and Apple in growing outside the West Coast and has announced plans to lease a large office building in Manhattan’s West Village. Google also plans to invest $1 billion in the campus, which will also include two nearby buildings.

Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture, the Boring Co., is the latest to be drawn into the billionaire entrepreneur’s tradition of spreading overlapping resources across his growing technology empire. On Tuesday, the Tesla chief is set to unveil a test tunnel developed by the Boring Co., the first of what Mr. Musk imagines as a futuristic series of high-speed underground highways to alleviate traffic.

Около 700 человек также обратились к медикам за психологической помощью. Однако пострадавших может оказаться еще больше, поскольку некоторые из них приходят за помощью через несколько месяцев.

Талибы* готовы рассмотреть предложение американцев, но выдвинули ряд условий: освобождение из тюрем своих сторонников и определение даты вывода войск США с территории Афганистана.

Спасти пострадавшего Игоря Коцюрубу не удалось. Активист возглавлял движение "афганцев", а также принимал активное участие в революциях на Украине 1990 - 2014 годов. Полиция склоняется к версии о самоубийстве.

Об этом во вторник сообщило интернет-издание The Daily Beast со ссылкой на свои источники. Команда спецпрокурора готовит для суда документы, в которых, как ожидается, будут приводиться подробности обсуждений помощниками Трампа вопроса ослабления и ликвидации санкционного режима в отношении РФ.

Вице-президент США Майкл Пенс назвал создание Космических сил "началом новый эры обеспечения национальной безопасности Америки в космосе". Ранее руководство США объясняло решение превратить космос в очередной театр военных действий милитаризацией России и Китая.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today moved an adjournment motion to abolish the executive presidency claiming that a majority of the people of the country were in favour of doing so.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is expected to give a ruling on Friday on the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire whether the MPs including Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, who obtained Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) membership can remain in Parliament.

The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) today countered the argument raised by the government and TNA that newly-appointed Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajappaksa and the others who had obtained SLPP membership, said Mr. Rajapaksa could hold the post because the group he belongs to is the second largest in the House.

When Nuruddin Farah writes fiction about the ravages of terrorism, the details may be imaginary but the scars are real. The celebrated Somali novelist, a frequent contender for the Nobel Prize in literature, lost his sister Basra Farah Hassan in 2014. A nutritionist working for UNICEF, she was murdered, along with at least 20 others, when the Taliban bombed a restaurant in Kabul.