Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two potential drugs showed encouraging survival results...
Yen, gold gain on trade war angst; Argentine peso sinks
Investors piled into gold, safe-haven yen and bonds on Monday over nagging concerns about a prolonged U.S.-China trade war and global growth, while Argentina’s peso...
Biden mistakenly says he was VP during Parkland
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, speaking at a gun control forum in Iowa on Saturday, made another campaign trail gaffe when he said he...
Trump administration weakens U.S. wildlife protections over objections of conservationists
The Trump administration on Monday finalized changes to provisions of the U.S. Endangered Species Act it says will streamline the decades-old wildlife protection law but...
Former champion Kuznetsova added to U.S. Open field
Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion, has been added to the main draw of this year’s tournament after the withdrawal of Slovakia’s Dominika...
Oregon joins states’ lawsuit to block T-Mobile, Sprint merger
Oregon has joined a multistate lawsuit to block the merger of U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp , the New York attorney...
Cathay Pacific hit by Hong Kong protest links
Cathay Pacific shares slumped Monday amid signs the Hong Kong airline is struggling to avoid being dragged into the city’s political unrest. Julian Satterthwaite reports....
Friend of gunman in Ohio mass shooting to face federal gun charges: prosecutors
A friend of the Ohio man who killed nine people, including his own sister, in Dayton this month will be charged on Monday with lying...
Marlins-Mets to play 2020 series in Puerto Rico
The New York Mets and Miami Marlins will play a three-game series in Puerto Rico next season....
Epstein co-conspirators ‘should not rest easy’: Barr
U.S. Attorney General William Barr told a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police on Monday, that no suspected co-conspirator in the Jeffrey Epstein case...