Canadian police bust 9 members of alleged mafia clan
Canadian police on Thursday said they had arrested nine suspected members of a powerful mafia clan with roots in southern Italy involved in money laundering...
Japan foreign minister to summon South Korea envoy over WW2 laborer row: NHK
Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono plans to summon South Korea’s ambassador on Friday in a deepening political and economic row over compensation for Korean forced...
UK’s new PM must take 5G decision on Huawei urgently: committee
The new prime minister must take a decision on whether to include China’s Huawei in Britain’s 5G telecoms network urgently as the ongoing debate is...
Mexico tells U.S. it’s not ready for ‘safe third country’ deal: ambassador
Mexico has told the United States time and again it is not ready to ink a deal forcing asylum seekers heading to the U.S. to...
Trump likely to pick Scalia’s son for labor secretary: Politico
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to pick Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be the secretary of...
FBI documents point to Trump role in hush money for porn star Daniels
FBI documents unsealed on Thursday suggest that Donald Trump was actively involved in engineering a hush-money payment shortly before the 2016 election to a porn...
Microsoft shares hit record highs, powered by growing cloud sales
Microsoft Corp on Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by continued sales increases from its cloud business and sending its shares...
U.S. sanctions on Myanmar military leaders inadequate: U.N. investigator
Sanctions imposed this week by the United States on Myanmar’s military leaders over human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims do not go far enough, U.N....
Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Saudi Arabia on Thursday defended signing a letter along with 36 other countries in support of China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang, where...
Three British ministers set to resign if Johnson becomes PM: The Times
Three British cabinet ministers are set to resign the day Boris Johnson, if as expected, becomes Britain’s next prime minister, The Times newspaper reported on...