Alberto Riva
Managing Editor
China just flew its first passenger jet — and it’s a clunker
The Comac ARJ-21 is a point of pride for the country that painstakingly made it. But it's nowhere near a challenge for the Western companies that dominate civil aviation.
North Korea's Spanish 'Ambassador' Just Got Arrested for Arms Trafficking
Alejandro Cao de Benós is an aristocrat with "baron" and "count" among his titles. He also loves the North Korean regime, and just got caught with some unsavory people.
'Little Doubt Trump Will Profit': The World's Media React to the Orlando Massacre
In the immediate wake of the worst mass shooting in US history, some major newspapers highlighted the Republican candidate's reaction.
Russia Just Grounded Half of Its Fighter Jets After a Crash
A Su-27 Flanker from the air force's aerobatic team went down on Thursday, killing the pilot. Authorities responded by grounding 300 of them, pending an investigation.
Starbucks Is Coming to Italy — But Success Could Be a Tall Order
The world's biggest coffee chain is opening its first store in the land of the world's biggest coffee snobs, and reaction runs the spectrum from appalled to sort of cool with it.
Leaked Document Indicates There May Soon Be EU Military Involvement in Libya
The European Union's forces patrolling the central Mediterranean to keep people smugglers out may soon move to Libya's territorial waters.