Chile’s Zaldivar mine asks for more time to answer questions amid Atacama water concerns
Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc said on Tuesday it would ask regulators for more time to answer questions about an environmental impact study for its...
U.S. patent agency to review Harvard, MIT’s claim to CRISPR technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Monday said it would review whether Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can claim rights to...
Juul loses home turf as San Francisco bans e-cigarette sales
San Francisco will become the first major city in the United States to ban the sale of e-cigarettes as officials look to control the rapid...
U.S. border agency acting head leaving amid child detentions outcry
The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, John Sanders, is resigning and will leave his post on July 5, the...
Chile police arrest two in murder of Canadian in Valparaiso
Chilean police arrested two men suspected of killing a Canadian citizen last week during an attempted mugging while he strolled with his family through the...
Danish Social Democrats agree to form new government
The leader of Denmark’s Social Democrats said on Wednesday her Social Democratic party had agreed with its leftist supporting allies to form a new one-party...
U.S. congressman spent campaign cash on ‘romantic liaisons’: prosecutors
A California congressman accused of misusing campaign funds spent some of the money on extramarital affairs, prosecutors said in court papers that indicated his wife...
Ostapenko, Cornet among upset winners at Eastbourne
Sloane Stephens was one of five top-16 seeds sent packing Tuesday at the Nature Valley International at Eastbourne, England....
Sept. 11 victims advocates say they secured Senate commitment to extend compensation fund
Advocates of a compensation fund for emergency personnel and others who responded at the sites of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States...
U.S. Congress pushing back at Trump over Saudi arms deals
A U.S. Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to avoid congressional review of arms sales,...