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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Vehicles were set on fire in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday after a dispute between taxi drivers and local authorities earlier in the week sparked days of disorder. South African media…
DETROIT — Electric and hydrogen-powered heavy truck maker Nikola Corp. has named board Chairman Stephen Girsky as its new CEO. The former General Motors executive and auto industry analyst replaces Michael Lohscheller, who will step down immediately as CEO, and…
ROME — A U.S. publishing executive died in a boating accident off Italy's Amalfi Coast, her company said Friday. Adrienne Vaughan, 45, was president of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., the company headquartered in New York said. The rented motorboat Vaughan and…
CAIRO — A leading human rights group called Friday on the United States and the United Nations to impose further sanctions on the Sudanese individuals "responsible for the atrocities" in Darfur, as evidence of scorched-earth attacks mount. The northeast African…
BERLIN — The United Nations' human rights office in Uganda will close this weekend after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement allowing it to operate, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Friday. The closure comes…
BEIRUT — Damage to the school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp from recent clashes between factions could delay the start of the school year for some 6,000 children, a United Nations official said Friday. The concern arose after…
