Hong Kong leader says she hopes peaceful protest was a turning point
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore peace and...
MLB notebook: Tommy John surgery unlikely for Red Sox’s Sale
Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale’s inflammation in his pitching elbow is just that, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Monday afternoon....
Oil prices slip, but supported by hopes trade tensions could ease
Crude oil prices slipped on Tuesday, but losses were limited as equity markets rallied and as traders hoped Sino-U.S. trade tensions would ease....
College football notebook: AP names Clemson preseason No. 1
Defending champion Clemson is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time....
Facebook, Twitter spot fake posts on HK protests
Twitter and Facebook said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed information operation originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong....
General Electric fortifies defense against charges of bogus accounting
General Electric Co reinforced its defense of its accounting practices on Monday after investors asked more questions about an unusual research report last week that...
U.S. envoy offers farm visas to boost asylum deal with Guatemala
In a bid to strengthen an asylum deal forged between Guatemala’s outgoing president and the United States, a U.S. official offered on Monday to triple...
Elton John blasts relentless character assassination of Harry and Meghan
Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres spoke out on Monday in support of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, calling them a down-to-earth and hardworking couple...
Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanet
Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar...
Japan approves further exports of high-tech material to South Korea: sources
Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two people familiar with...