Hong Kong leader says dialogue and ‘mutual respect’ offer way out of chaos
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of efforts to restore calm and that...
New York officer fired, but tensions still high where Eric Garner died
Hassan Johnson was getting his head shaved on Monday at the same barber shop Eric Garner used to visit....
NOCs confident Tokyo 2020 can overcome heat, water quality issues
Searing heat and water quality issues have dogged Tokyo 2020 organizers in recent weeks but delegates to a Chef de Mission seminar on Tuesday said...
Indonesia will implement IMO low-sulfur fuel rule on schedule: ministry
Indonesian-flagged ships will comply with new low-sulfur fuel rules that start next year, the country’s Ministry of Transportation said on Tuesday, after earlier saying more...
China cries foul over Facebook, Twitter block of fake accounts
China said on Tuesday it had a right to put out its own views after Twitter and Facebook said they had dismantled a state-backed social...
Britain’s Johnson opening Brexit bid: rip out the Irish border backstop
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fired the opening salvo in his bid to renegotiate Britain’s divorce from the European Union, demanding that an insurance policy...
Lightning strike caused power cut in Britain: grid operator
A blackout in Britain which cut power to one million customers and caused transport chaos on Aug. 9 was due to a lightning strike, the...
U.N. agency, Bangladesh begin survey of Rohingya over return to Myanmar
The United Nations’ refugee agency and Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday started to consult more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to determine if any want...
Less bluster, but no compromise seen as South Korean, Japan ministers meet in China
South Korea and Japan have toned down the rhetoric but show little sign of compromise in a bitter political and economic dispute as their foreign...
AstraZeneca’s Farxiga passes late-stage heart failure test
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Tuesday its diabetes drug Farxiga was successful in reducing the risk of death by heart attack or the worsening of...