UK’s Johnson will resist calls for Brexit delay, lawmaker Rees-Mogg says
Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, has the backbone to resist pressure from parliament to delay Brexit again even if...
ITV, BBC agree to offer BritBox at 6 pounds/month in UK
(Reuters – British broadcaster ITV said on Friday it had finalised an agreement with public broadcaster BBC to launch streaming service BritBox in the UK...
South African soldiers deployed in Cape Town to help fight gangs
South African soldiers were deployed to gang-ridden Cape Town suburbs on Thursday to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year and that...
BMW picks ‘decisive’ Zipse as CEO to catch up with rivals
BMW named Oliver Zipse as its new chief executive late on Thursday, praising his “decisive” qualities after the carmaker lost its edge in electric cars...
Two killings symbolize reach of Kashmir conflict as death toll surges
More than 300 people died in the Kashmir region claimed by India and Pakistan in the first half of the year, according to previously unreported...
Vietnam says preserved corpse of Ho Chi Minh in great condition
The embalmed corpse of Vietnam’s founding leader, Ho Chi Minh, is in great condition, state media said on Friday, a month after the government recruited...
Allies play hard to get on U.S. proposal to protect oil shipping lanes
The United States is struggling to win its allies’ support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of...
Bayer welcomes judge’s call for new trial in $2 billion glyphosate case
Germany’s Bayer AG on Friday welcomed a conditional ruling by a U.S. judge calling for a retrial of the case of a couple awarded $2...
PepsiCo plans to acquire South Africa’s Pioneer Foods
U.S.-based beverage and snack maker PepsiCo is planning to acquire South Africa’s Pioneer Food Group for around $1.7 billion, the two companies said on Friday,...
Oil rises after U.S. Navy downs Iranian drone; set for weekly fall
Oil prices rose on Friday as tensions brewed again in the Middle East after a U.S. Navy ship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait...