Over 100 killed, millions displaced from floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains...
Nomura pays $26.5 million to settle U.S. charges over traders’ lies about bond prices
Nomura Holdings Inc will pay $26.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to properly supervise five former traders who...
Cliff divers leap from Beirut landmark in international tour
Cliff divers used to competing in isolated spots have been leaping into the Mediterranean in bustling Beirut, the first time the Lebanese capital’s landmark Raouche...
U.N. says Yemeni warring sides agree “ceasefire mechanism”
Yemen’s warring sides have agreed on a “mechanism and new measures to reinforce the ceasefire and de-escalation” around the flashpoint port of Hodeidah, as well...
Oklahoma at trial’s end says opioid ‘kingpin’ J&J fueled epidemic
Lawyers for the state of Oklahoma on Monday compared Johnson & Johnson to a drug cartel leader as they sought to hold the drugmaker responsible...
LVMH pairs with Stella McCartney in ethical fashion bet
French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH said on Monday it was pairing up with British designer Stella McCartney to further develop her brand, just months after...
Brazil vice president says country is staying in Paris climate accord
Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday he considers it “impossible” for Brazil to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change....
Rookie van Aert wins 10th stage of Tour de France
Tour de France rookie Wout van Aert of Belgium won Monday’s 10th stage in a sprint finish....
Legal battle over U.S. gerrymandering shifts to North Carolina as trial begins
North Carolina’s state legislative districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to entrench Republicans in power and must be thrown out, a lawyer for state Democrats and a...
Czech Social Democrats stick to minister nominee in government dispute
The Czech Republic’s junior coalition party the Social Democrats said on Monday they were sticking with their preferred candidate for culture minister, prolonging a spat...