Jonathan Garland's fascination with architecture started early: He spent much of his childhood designing Lego houses and gazing at Boston buildings on rides with his father away from their largely minority neighborhood.

But when Garland looked around at his architectural college, he didn't see many who looked like him — there were few black faces in classroom seats, and fewer teaching skills or giving lectures.

U.S. President Donald Trump has resumed his attacks against online retailing giant Amazon and accused The Washington Post, owned by Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos, of lobbying for the company.

Against a backdrop in Britain of gender pay gaps and ongoing disputes over executives' earnings, employees at one London company are helping each other set salaries.

Facing a push for deep reforms by President Emmanuel Macron targeting the public sector and businesses, French unions kick off a wave of strikes Tuesday that analysts say will test how much weight they still carry.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday his major infrastructure plan may not make it through Congress until after key midterm elections in November.

Deepa Bhoir used to sit in darkness outside her island home and stare at Mumbai glowing in the distance. Now she stays up late watching soap operas -- one of millions of Indians whose lives have been transformed by a drive to get power to every corner of the country. 

Bhoir and her husband Sasuram are among hundreds of villagers on the UNESCO world heritage-listed island of Elephanta to have had mains electricity installed in their houses for the first time.

Inflation in France bounced back in March, data showed Friday, bolstering hopes that consumer prices in the eurozone are finally moving towards more growth-friendly levels.

French lawyers staged a walkout Friday while Air France staff went on strike over pay, adding to a growing wave of industrial unrest that threatens to slow President Emmanuel Macron's reform drive.

The Saudi stock market dipped on Thursday, despite news the kingdom had been granted secondary emerging market status by the global FTSE Russel index.

Stock markets in Europe and Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday as trade war fears continued to niggle at investor confidence, but Wall Street managed modest rebound in early business, traders said.