Rome bans sitting on Spanish Steps, puzzling hot, tired tourists
You can walk up and down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps all you want but don’t try sitting down to take in the moment any more...
Reports: Browns trade RB Johnson to Texans
Duke Johnson’s longstanding wish to be traded by the Cleveland Browns was finally granted Thursday....
Top Hong Kong police commander recalled from retirement as violence escalates
The police commander who oversaw pro-democracy demonstrations that roiled Hong Kong in 2014 has been recalled from retirement to help deal with the violent protests...
Petition by Walmart employee to protest gun sales gathers nearly 45,000 signatures
A petition started by a junior Walmart Inc worker in California to protest the retailer’s sale of firearms, following two mass shootings over the weekend...
PG&E shareholders outline possible $15 billion rights issue
PG&E Corp shareholders have committed to engaging in a rights offering worth a potential $15 billion in support of a planned reorganization of the embattled...
Jailed PKK leader says he is ready for solution with Turkish state: statement
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said he is ready for a solution on the Kurdish issue and that he could stop the conflict between...
Exclusive: Germany eyes fiscal U-turn to finance climate protection plan – official
Germany is considering ditching its long-cherished balanced budget policy to help finance a costly climate protection program with new debt, a senior government official said....
Closer to average weather patterns to prevail through winter as El Niño fades: U.S. CPC
Amid waning El Niño conditions, weather patterns are expected to be closer to average through the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2019-20, with “ENSO-neutral conditions” having...
Remastered Beatles Abbey Road album to be released
Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Thursday (August 8) that it will be releasing a 50th anniversary edition of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road”. It is...
FDA tells four firms to stop selling flavored e-cigarette, hookah products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told four companies to remove 44 of their flavored e-liquid and hookah tobacco products that do not have...