Haute-couture designer and fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85
German haute-couture designer Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the fashion industry with his extravagant outfits and striking catwalks, has died aged 85.
South Korea ready to resume inter-Korean cooperation to help denuclearization: Yonhap
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his country is ready to resume inter-Korean cooperation if it will help the process of denuclearizing North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday.
Tanzanian court sentences Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ to 15 years for smuggling
A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants to Asia – a big victory in the battle to stamp out poaching in Africa.
Orban urges end to Israeli-Polish rift over Poland’s WW2 role
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban urged Poland and Israel on Tuesday to resolve their dispute over accusations of Polish complicity in the Holocaust, making the appeal in Jerusalem after Warsaw pulled out of a planned Israeli-hosted summit.
Two hundred families trapped by Islamic State in Syria, U.N. says
Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping many from fleeing, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday, calling for the families’ safe passage.
UK PM May’s spokesman: May-Juncker meeting is important step in Brexit process
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday is an important stage in Brexit negotiations with the European Union, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
May heads to EU on Wednesday to push for Brexit breakthrough
Prime Minister Theresa May will meet top EU official Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Wednesday, pressing on with efforts to find a way to get their Brexit deal through Britain’s parliament.
U.S. lawmakers say Trump-era transatlantic rift mere family ‘squabbles’
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers sought to reassure European allies in Brussels on Tuesday that differences over President Donald Trump’s policies were mere “family squabbles” and transatlantic ties remain strong.
U.N. says fighting, instability have displaced 100,000 in Burkina Faso
More than 100,000 people have been displaced by factional fighting and lawlessness in Burkina Faso, most within the past two months, according to a U.N. report published on Tuesday.
Vandals desecrate 90 Jewish graves in east France ahead of marches
Vandals have daubed swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on around 90 graves in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said on Tuesday, shortly before planned marches nationwide against a surge in anti-Semitic attacks.
