New Zealand becomes first in world to unveil ‘well-being’ budget

New Zealand on Thursday announced a new budget worth billions of dollars to benefit mental health services and child poverty in its first so-called “well-being” budget.

Austria: Top court justice to lead caretaker government

Austria’s president says he will appoint the head of the country’s top court to lead a caretaker government until new elections in September following a video scandal that destroyed the previous government.

Austria: Top court justice to lead caretaker government

Austria’s president says he will appoint the head of the country’s top court to lead a caretaker government until new elections in September following a video scandal that destroyed the previous government.

Relics of Fatima child saints stolen from Italian church

The relics of two Fatima child saints have been stolen from a church in Verona while they were traveling on a pilgrimage tour in Italy.

British prime minister hopeful Rory Stewart admits he smoked opium at a wedding in Iran

A British lawmaker in the running to be the new prime minister revealed that he made a “very stupid mistake” when he smoked opium while traveling in Iran more than 15 years ago.

Safety issues in Hungary boat sinking strike nerve in SKorea

The sinking of a boat carrying South Korean tourists in Hungary is touching a nerve in South Korea, where many are still traumatized over a 2014 ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people, mostly students.

South Korean tourists were not wearing life jackets in fatal boat collision that left 7 dead, 21 missing: officials

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry office said Friday that none of the passengers involved in the deadly sightseeing boat accident in Hungary that left at least seven dead were wearing life jackets when their boat capsized.

Lena Dunham sells Brooklyn apartment at a loss: report

It’s the end of an era for the outspoken star.

University of Illinois sued for allegedly chilling speech with ‘bias response team’

Speech First, a First Amendment advocacy group, sued the University of Illinois on Wednesday, claiming that it suppressed political advocacy and instituted a “bias response” regime that chilled students’ willingness to express their opinions.

Buttigieg brother-in-law rips candidate, accuses campaign of misrepresenting family’s past

2020 president hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s brother-in-law is accusing the campaign of falsifying his family’s past for political gain — an alleged misrepresentation that he says has led to death threats.