Hong Kong airport faces more protest turbulence
Hong Kong braced for multiple anti-government demonstrations on Friday and a “stress test” of the airport this weekend, as weeks of protest in the Chinese-ruled...
UK competition watchdog reprimands RBS, Santander over PPI procedures
Britain’s competition watchdog has ordered Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to appoint auditors to check how they remind customers affected by payment protection insurance...
South Korea officially notifies Japan of ending of intelligence-sharing pact: NHK
South Korea has officially notified Japan that it is ending their intelligence-sharing pact, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the Japanese foreign ministry....
Half a century on, Soviet message in a bottle found in Alaska
Tyler Ivanoff, an American schoolteacher, was gathering firewood with his children on a beach in western Alaska when he came across a champagne bottle with...
GSK drug boosts response rates in blood cancer patients: study
British Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Friday said its experimental cancer treatment belantamab mafodotin met the primary goal of a study for the treatment of patients with...
Bang & Olufsen would listen if approached by buyer: chairman
Luxury TV and speaker maker Bang & Olufsen would listen if approached by a buyer, chairman Ole Andersen told newspaper Borsen, following three earnings warnings...
Shares in Peppa Pig owner jump 30% after Hasbro’s $4 billion offer
Shares of Entertainment One rose nearly 30% on Friday, a day after U.S. toy maker Hasbro Inc offered to buy the owner of popular children’s...
Amazon fires: Madonna and Leonardo DiCaprio among celebrities to speak out – CNN
Amazon fires: Madonna and Leonardo DiCaprio among celebrities to speak out CNN Amazon rainforest burning at record rate, engulfing Bolsonaro in controversy CBS News Amazon rainforest wildfires...
Malaysia’s poverty levels far higher than reported, U.N. expert says
A U.N. human rights expert on Friday disputed Malaysia’s assertion that it has nearly eliminated poverty, saying that official figures were vastly inaccurate and do...
Rights group, journalists press Indonesian government to lift internet curb in restive Papua
Rights group and journalists slammed the Indonesian government’s move to block internet access in its easternmost region of Papua on Friday, saying it made reporting...