FINA warns Horton but fellow swimmers applaud podium protest
Mack Horton has received a warning from swimming’s world governing body FINA over his refusal to share a podium with China’s Sun Yang in protest...
Congress, White House near deal on Treasury’s borrowing authority: source
U.S. congressional and White House negotiators are close to a deal to extend the U.S. Treasury Department’s borrowing authority until July 31, 2021, a source...
Halliburton profit beats as company cuts cost; shares surge
Halliburton Co on Monday beat analysts’ estimates for second-quarter profit as its Completions and Production unit outperformed expectations, pushing its shares up 6.8 percent in...
Five dozen rescued from building fire in India’s financial capital
Five dozen people were rescued from a nine-storey government building that caught fire on Monday in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, authorities said....
South Koreans get down and dirty at mud festival
South Koreans from all over the country frolicked in greyish goo, as they gathered for an annual mud festival....
Fitch cuts outlook for Boeing on 737 MAX issues
Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook for Boeing Co to “negative” from “stable” on Monday, citing regulatory uncertainty around the timing of its 737 MAX jets’...
San Juan streets packed with protesters demanding Puerto Rico’s governor resign
Thousands of people poured into the streets of San Juan on Monday in protests aimed at forcing Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello to resign over...
Financier Epstein to remain jailed until sex trafficking trial
(This July 18 story corrects Australian to Austrian in paragraph 9)...
More rain and sun needed ahead of Ivory Coast main cocoa crop, say farmers
Rains were below average last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa growing regions and more sun was needed for the main October-to-March main crop...
Peaty wins breaststroke gold, targets ‘low 56’ for 2020
Adam Peaty collected his third straight 100 metres breaststroke world title on Monday but such is the Briton’s dominance in the event that he had...