‘Show me the money’; dollar-hungry businesses squeezed in Lebanon
Cars line up to fill their tanks but the worker at the gas station in Lebanon’s capital city waves them off, standing by the ‘Strike!’...
No ifs, ands, or butts about this board
A stand up paddle board made of 12,000 cigarette butts is being used to clean up Beirut’s shores....
Nigeria becomes Africa’s staging ground for illegal pangolin trade with Asia
Porous borders, lax law enforcement, corruption and one of Africa’s biggest ports has helped criminal networks in Nigeria corner most of the African trade in...
Nigeria becomes Africa’s staging ground for the illegal pangolin trade with Asia
In a rubble-strewn storage lot in the sprawling Nigerian port city of Lagos, customs agents crack open a shipping container crammed with scales from pangolins,...
Senators sign defenseman Chabot to eight-year, $64 million extension
The Ottawa Senators signed 22-year-old defenseman Thomas Chabot to an eight-year, $64 million extension Thursday....
Tech shares lead Wall Street higher; S&P 500 nears record high
A Microsoft-led rally in technology shares pushed U.S. stock indexes higher on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and...
Shares rise after Fed cut, oil prices jump
A gauge of global equity performance rose Thursday within 1% of a record high a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates but crude...
Amnesty accuses Hong Kong police of arbitrary arrests, torture
Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of pro-democracy protests, but...
Amazon vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, buying 100,000 electric vans
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday committed the company to being carbon neutral by 2040 and said part of that pledge is...
Trump signs his border wall
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a border wall under construction in Otay Mesa, California. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)....