Exclusive: Western countries rebuke China at U.N. for detention of Uighurs
Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move...
Online conservatives expect to vent social media frustrations at White House summit
When conservative meme-maker Carpe Donktum got an invite to a White House summit, he thought the email might be spam....
Anonymous Analytics goes long cannabis with Turning Point Brands
Activist research group Anonymous Analytics has turned its attention to the cannabis industry, initiating a buy rating on Turning Point Brands Inc in a report...
S&P 500 hits 3,000 as Powell’s comment lifts rate cut hopes
The benchmark S&P 500 breached the 3,000 points mark for the first time on Wednesday, as hopes of an interest rate cut later this month...
Silverstone agrees five-year deal for British GP
Lewis Hamilton’s home British Grand Prix will stay at Silverstone for at least the next five years under a new deal announced by Formula One...
Soviet sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation
A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation, researchers said on Wednesday following an expedition that used a remotely...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations chairman offers bill on Saudi rights
The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch, has introduced legislation seeking to push back on Saudi Arabia over human...
Morocco’s Platinum Power partners with China’s CFHEC on $300 million hydropower project
Renewable energy investor Platinum Power, a unit of U.S. private equity firm Brookstone Partners, has teamed up with China’s CFHEC to build a $300 million...
Tanzania says elephant, rhino populations rebounding after anti-poaching crackdown
Elephant and rhino populations in Tanzania have begun to rebound after a government crackdown dismantled organised criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching, the country’s presidency...
Plane lands automatically using cameras to locate runway
Camera-led technology tested by German universities now allows small planes to land on autopilot using GPS and computer-connected cameras without the use of ground-based landing...