MLB notebook: Oakland’s Montas gets 80-game PED ban
Oakland Athletics right-hander Frankie Montas was suspended 80 games without pay on Friday after testing positive for Ostarine in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint...
Bellinger, Yelich top vote-getters in All-Star ‘Primary’
Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers narrowly topped Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich for the most All-Star votes in the first round of balloting....
Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation: North Korean media
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China’s President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on “important issues,” and agreed to build on their countries’ friendly...
Mauritanians to vote for new president, but status quo likely to prevail
For the first time in 59 years of independence, Mauritanians will vote on Saturday for a successor to a democratically-elected president, though a government insider...
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors eye G20 with hopes for U.S.-China trade detente
All eyes will be on U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping next week as investors are desperate for any signs of a...
Canadian man killed in Chilean tourist city Valparaiso
A Canadian citizen was stabbed to death on Friday in the Chilean port of Valparaiso while he was strolling with his family in one of...
Trump plans to nominate Mark Esper to be Pentagon chief: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he intends to nominate Army Secretary Mark Esper to be secretary of defense, the White House said in...
U.S. cities brace for immigration raids, say they will not participate
U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally...
Sucher leads Travelers as Spieth, Mickelson miss cut
Zack Sucher, pain-free at long last after ankle surgery, took the second-round lead at the Travelers Championship on Friday while Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson...
With far-north temperatures rising, Alaska tundra fires proliferate
In Alaska, where sea ice has shrunk to record lows in places and far-north temperatures have climbed to record highs, dozens of fires are burning...