Huge Wirecard fraud trial opens in Germany
Germany's mammoth Wirecard fraud trial opens on Thursday, with ex-CEO Markus Braun and two former executives in the dock over their roles in the country's biggest-ever accounting scandal.
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Ex-Guatemalan president gets 16 years for corruption
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced former president Otto Perez to 16 years in prison, finding him guilty of leading a massive customs fraud scheme while in office.
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Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launches
As the mercury drops to minus 20 Celsius, a research rocket lifts off from one of the world's northernmost space centres, its burner aglow in the twilight of Sweden's snowy Arctic forests.
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Asian markets mixed as recession fears dampen China optimism
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as sentiment was pulled in opposite directions by worries about a US recession and China's shift away from strict Covid restrictions.
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Grape expectations: India's biggest winemaker seeks millions
India's largest winemaker Sula Vineyards is heading to the stock market, betting on the diversifying tastebuds of a booming urban middle class in a country that has long favoured strong liquor.
Read morePutin says nuclear tensions 'rising' but Moscow won't deploy first
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted "we have not gone crazy" and Moscow would not be the first to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict.
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Snow problem! The icy city where nothing stops cyclists
Winter temperatures that drop to minus 25 degrees Celsius do not stop cyclists in the Finnish city of Oulu.
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How not to retire: South Korean ex-president bedevilled by protests
After five years running South Korea, former president Moon Jae-in moved to a peaceful village far away from Seoul, in search of a quiet retirement. Then the protests began.
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Canadian university identifies low carbon foods for student meals
Trays in hand, Polytechnique Montreal students line up at the cafeteria and through a fogged up buffet counter glass, check out dishes that now come with information about their carbon footprint.
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Civil society wants voice heard at COP15 biodiversity meeting
Protests, public debates and film screenings: this is the other side of the COP15 summit, where NGOs are mobilizing to raise awareness of the need to protect biodiversity and lobbying for a major deal to do just that.
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