International

A plan by the European Commission to bar restaurants from serving olive oil in cruets or dipping bowls was rescinded after some members expressed outrage.    

The North Korean envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, said the North would “accept the proposal” by China, its biggest benefactor which it has strained relations with.    

One outstanding question is how transparent the Obama administration will be about drone strikes in the future.    

Moments after a man was hacked to death on a street in London on Wednesday, one of two suspects in the attack approached a witness who was recording the scene on video and asked to make a statement.    

Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to mend the damage as the right wing of his Conservative Party views him as too liberal, too metropolitan, too out of touch.    

In a widely anticipated speech on Thursday, President Obama said he would impose a higher standard on the use of drone strikes, and he sought to renew his effort to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.    

Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.