The US government ordered the Norfolk Southern railroad company on Tuesday to pay the entire cost of the cleanup of a toxic train derailment in the midwestern state of Ohio.. "If the company fails to complete any actions as ordered by EPA, the Agency will immediately step in, conduct the necessary work, and then seek to compel Norfolk Southern to pay triple the cost," the EPA said.
Mexico's once-powerful former public security minister Genaro Garcia Luna was found guilty of US drug trafficking charges by a jury in New York on Tuesday following a high-profile trial.. Nine of the 26 witnesses who testified against Garcia Luna are accused drug traffickers extradited from Mexico and collaborating with US prosecutors in exchange for possible leniency in their own trials.
Ukrainian designers sent out a defiant message at London Fashion Week Tuesday with clothes made from the neck ties their menfolk no longer wear and butterfly motifs to symbolise the "fragility of life".. London Fashion Week wraps up later Tuesday. har/jj/fg
A Nigerian street trader, who accuses the country's former deputy senate president of trying to harvest his kidney in the UK, told a British court on Tuesday that he begged police officers to "save my life".. He then walked into a police station last May and said he was "looking for someone to save my life", the court heard.
A global grouping of 25 Anglican churches has said it no longer recognises Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as its leader following the decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples in England.. The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA), which represents many of the Anglican church's southern hemisphere provinces, said in a statement Monday that it "is no longer able to recognise the present Archbishop of Canterbury...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended his government's hotly contested pensions overhaul, making a rare intervention on a reform he has championed but where he has kept a low profile.. - National 'treasure' - Macron described the French retirement scheme as a "treasure" and the "inheritance of those who don't have one".
British designer Daniel Lee presented his first collection for Burberry in a closely watched show in London late Monday, returning to the luxury brand's roots for inspiration. . The venue was "inspired by Burberry tents from the late 19th and early 20th century", evoking "a cosiness that provides warmth and protection from the elements", Burberry said in a statement.
A South Korean court delivered a landmark ruling on Tuesday recognising the rights of a same-sex couple for the first time, with activists hailing the verdict as a major victory for LGBTQ rights in the country.. "This ruling is significant as the first decision legally recognising same-sex couples to be made by a court at any level in South Korea", Jang Boram of Amnesty International said in a statement.
An old radio plays background music as Cira Madrid, 83, prepares coffee for a rare visitor to her small but spotless apartment in Caracas, where she lives alone.. "Sometimes it's embarrassing to... call her because I know that she also has many things to do," Madrid told AFP of her visitor, whom she described as "a light" and "a blessing."
