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'I dare you': Swedish teen storms Davos with message about climate change

Greta Thunberg has galvanised protests by high-schoolers in demanding stronger government action to fight global warming.

With Britian in limbo over Brexit, Queen tells MPs to find 'common ground'

Her message comes amid intense argument in parliament about how to proceed on Brexit or whether to leave the EU at all

India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: India win by 90 runs, lead series 2-0

Rohit, Dhawan gave a perfect start to India, Dhoni played key role yet again, Kuldeep scalped four New Zealand batsmen

France's 'yellow vest' movement back on streets, despite divisions

The weekend's protests against Macron's tax and social policies came as divisions appeared among the yellow vests -- named after the high-visibility vests they wear -- as to where to take the movement

EU to 'take further actions' if Venezuela doesn't call new polls: Mogherini

Spain, France, Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom on Saturday also gave Maduro an ultimatum of eight days to call new elections or they would recognise Guaido as president

France, Germany, Spain give Venezuela's Maduro 8 days to call 'fair' polls

If within 8 days there are no fair, free and transparent elections called in Venezuela, Spain will recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuelan president

Trump ally Roger Stone charged with lying about Russian-hacked emails

Prosecutors allege that senior Trump campaign officials sought to leverage the stolen material into a White House win

Trump, Democrats reach deal to temporarily end US government shutdown

Trump made no firm announcement regarding his demand for $5.7 bn to fund the border wall

Ministers from 75 countries launch WTO talks to establish e-commerce rules

Trump has specifically blasted the WTO for slighting US trade interests to the benefit of China.

Microsoft yet to find out why Bing temporarily went offline in China

Bing's temporary disruption came as a surprise because the search engine has followed China's censorship rules

Tulsi Gabbard formally launches her 2020 presidential election campaign

Tulsi Gabbard had indicated in an interview with CNN earlier this month that she would be a candidate

Egypt more dangerous than ever? 113 detained in 2018 for criticising govt

President El-Sissi has simultaneously overseen a multi-billion-dollar drive to upgrade the country's faltering infrastructure

BuzzFeed plans 250 layoffs, to reinvest in e-commerce, content licensing

Like other online publishers, BuzzFeed has struggled to expand digital advertising sales in line with its investors' expectations as Google and Facebook continue to dominate the sector

Australia demands China treat detained author Yang Hengjun 'fairly'

Yang -- a novelist, democracy advocate and former Chinese diplomat -- was detained shortly after he made a rare return to China from the United States last week

WikiLeaks sues to force Trump admin to unseal any charges against Assange

WikiLeaks also said US prosecutors have approached people in the US, Germany and Iceland 'and pressed them to testify against Assange in return for immunity from prosecution'

Malaysian royals pick new king after former's resignation over marriage

The previous king, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped aside this month following just two years on the throne after reports surfaced he had married the former Miss Moscow while on medical leave

China wants to make a deal, US doing very well in trade negotiations: Trump

Trump argues that China has skewed the trading rules for decades and must agree to substantial reductions in import barriers, while boosting protection for US intellectual property

Hackers use Nest camera, send hoax warning of N Korean nuke attack on US

Nest camera users were urged to prevent such invasions by implementing two-factor verification

Viacom gets future ready; acquires streaming platform Pluto TV for $ 340 mn

Viacom is optimistic about the ad-supported streaming television market, where it plans to work with Pluto TV

Crisis in Tonga as the internet-reliant island plunges in cyber darkness

While the authorities look into the cause and struggle to find a solution, they have turned to a small, locally operated satellite connection as back-up