Hong Kong leader invokes emergency powers to quell escalating violence
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move...
Hong Kong leader invokes emergency powers to try to quell escalating violence
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move...
BP names Bernard Looney as next CEO, Dudley to leave in 2020
BP on Friday appointed head of upstream Bernard Looney as chief executive to succeed Bob Dudley when he retires next year after leading the oil...
‘This looks so bad,’ says Texas cop leading black man on a rope
One of two white police officers who rode through the streets of Galveston, Texas, on horseback escorting a black man walking tethered to a rope...
Iraqi forces fire at protesters in Baghdad after PM pledges vague reform
Police shot at a small group of protesters in Baghdad on Friday after three deadly days of anti-government unrest and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi...
Djokovic blasts past Pouille into Tokyo semi-finals
World number one Novak Djokovic continued his dominant form in Tokyo to storm past Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-1 6-2 and into the semi-finals of the...
FDA green lights AstraZeneca’s asthma drug Fasenra for self-administration
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved self-administration of its asthma treatment Fasenra which uses a...
Oil climbs but set for big weekly loss over demand worries
Oil futures were higher ahead of the weekend but remained on track for large weekly losses on fears that slower global economic growth will hurt...
Taliban met with U.S. envoy during visit to Islamabad: sources
A Taliban delegation met with U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad on Thursday, two sources told Reuters....
Malaysia says no talks with Goldman Sachs on recovering funds lost in 1MDB scandal
Malaysia’s finance minister on Friday said there are no talks with Goldman Sachs Group Inc on the recovery of billions of dollars of state funds...