A Danish Lutheran priest who attracted international attention by proclaiming that there is no God or afterlife, but retracted after being suspended, has died. He was 72. The Rev. Thorkild Grosboell died Sunday and had been suffering from cancer, his daughter Mette Kathrine Grosboell told The Associated Press. “He was a great man. He should […]

Employees, business owners, police, and trade unions in Britain expressed confusion Monday after Boris Johnson’s government switched from telling workers to stay at home to urging them to return to work — but preferably without getting near other people or using public transport. In a televised statement Sunday, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson extended most […]

Saudi Arabia said Monday it had asked oil giant Aramco to cut output by an additional one million barrels per day from June, to support prices that have crashed during the coronavirus crisis. The move will reduce the output of the world’s biggest crude oil exporter (Saudi) to 7.5 million barrels per day, the energy […]

Ikea has said it will take “more careful” security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online. The pornographic clip shows a woman pleasuring herself half-naked on various sofas and beds in the furniture store’s showroom, while oblivious shoppers walk by […]

An Iran’s warship was hit by a friendly fire missile during naval exercises, killing 19 sailors, state media and the army said Monday, amid tensions with the US in Gulf waters. The incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of the Islamic republic, state television said […]