U.S. regulators hand Wall Street a major win with stripped-down ‘Volcker Rule’
U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday approved changes easing a rule introduced after the 2007-2009 financial crisis that bans banks from trading on their own account,...
Oil steadies as hopes of easing trade tensions lend support
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday on optimism U.S.-China trade tensions will ease and hopes major economies will take stimulus measures to ward off a possible...
Expert panel updates advice on BRCA cancer gene screening
(Reuters Health) – Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other cancers, but only certain women...
Saudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women: agency
Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on...
CAS to hear Chinese champion Sun’s case in public
A case in which China’s multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is accused of anti-doping violations will be held in public in a...
Canadian 11-time world champion says she is no drug cheat
Canada’s 11-times canoe world champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe maintained she is not a drug cheat on Tuesday but conceded there will be people who will...
Yemeni separatists extend control in south, Saudi-led forces strike capital
Southern separatists seized most Yemeni government security and military bases near the port of Aden on Tuesday after clashes between nominal allies that have complicated...
Iran curbs jailed British-Iranian aid worker’s family contacts: BBC
Iranian authorities have restricted British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s contacts with her daughter to once a month and banned her from calling her husband, the...
Egyptian security forces kill 11 suspected militants in Sinai
Egyptian security forces have killed 11 suspected militants in a gun battle during a raid on their hideout in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai...
Wall Street treads water after three-day winning streak as financials weigh
U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday after three sessions of gains, as lower Treasury yields weighed on financial shares, offsetting a boost from Home...