Brazil’s courtship of U.S. need not worry China: foreign minister
Brazil’s efforts to build better ties with the United States need not worry China, the South American country’s top trade partner, because it had never...
House Judiciary weighing Trump impeachment after Mueller
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Friday said the committee is considering “all remedies” including recommendation of “articles of impeachment” in...
U.S. stocks bounce back; dollar climbs on GDP data, upbeat earnings
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit fresh intraday highs and the dollar reached a two-month peak on Friday as strong economic data and a...
U.S. tax collectors urge owners of virtual currencies to pay back taxes, file amended returns
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Friday said it was sending thousands of letters to taxpayers who failed to report virtual currency transactions, saying they...
Sprint, T-Mobile win U.S. antitrust approval for $26 billion merger
T-Mobile US Inc won U.S. antitrust approval for its $26 billion takeover of rival Sprint Corp, the Justice Department said on Friday, clearing a major...
Testing out James Bond’s retro gadgets
Aston Martin built for the films ‘Goldfinder’ and ‘Thunderball’ is heading to auction. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)...
Protesters flock to Hong Kong’s airport as political crisis simmers on
Thousands of protesters calling for democracy and some chanting “free Hong Kong” converged on the Chinese-ruled city’s airport on Friday as Singapore advised its travelers...
U.S. House panel seeks grand jury evidence to assess Trump impeachment
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee headed to court on Friday to seek access to grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe that lawmakers say...
Hezbollah denies using Lebanon’s port for arms smuggling
Lebanon’s heavily armed, Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Friday denied using Beirut’s sea port to import arms in response to an accusation by Israel’s United Nations...
Congo president and predecessor agree on division of cabinet posts
Allies of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila said they had reached an agreement on Friday on the division of cabinet posts...