Egypt detains opposition leader accusing him of anti-government plot
Egypt detained a leading opposition figure and allies on Tuesday on charges of plotting to bring down the government, but opposition groups said the arrests...
Facebook gets Brazil fine over WhatsApp data cut to $6 million
Facebook Inc’s fine for withholding WhatsApp messages from a drug-trafficking investigation in Brazil should be reduced to 23 million reais ($6 million), a Brazilian federal...
Opioid use booming as tramadol crisis emerges in Africa – U.N. drug report
Synthetic opioid use is booming, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a worldwide drug report that showed deaths in the United States from overdoses...
BofA commodity arm fined by DOJ for trading practices
Bank of America Corp’s commodity arm Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve a probe into its trading practices, the...
Brazil president backtracks on looser gun restrictions as lawmakers resist
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday reversed a move to loosen gun control laws by presidential decree, in a strategic retreat after lawmakers pushed back...
Brazil Supreme Court justices weigh appeal to free Lula
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed an appeal by imprisoned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who argued he should be freed because leaked...
San Francisco to become first major U.S. city to ban 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...
Rapper Cardi B appears in court, her lawyers confident of ‘positive outcome’
The musician is felony assault charges relating to an alleged fight at a New York City strip club. Rough cut (no reporter narration)...
Bill Cosby appeals 2018 conviction for Pennsylvania sex attack
Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Tuesday appealed his Pennsylvania conviction for drugging and sexually attacking former Temple University administrator Andrea Constand at his home near Philadelphia...
U.S. lawmakers, regulators advance crackdown on robocalls
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 25 state and local agencies on Tuesday unveiled a crackdown on robocalls as a congressional panel prepared to...