Teen climate activist Thunberg leads climate rally in Vancouver
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will address a rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday in the latest leg of her global campaign to spark...
Rome public workers strike over state of city, national strike disrupts flights
Trade unions in Rome staged a general strike on Friday to denounce what they said was the dire management of the Italian capital by Mayor...
Fresh rains slam storm-drenched Japan, killing at least 4
Torrential rains battered parts of eastern Japan, killing at least four people, causing rivers to overflow and prompting evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands two...
Chef Andres, not Trump, to toss first pitch if World Series reaches Game 5
Celebrity chef Jose Andres, not U.S. President Donald Trump, will throw out the first pitch on Sunday if the baseball World Series between Washington and...
S&P 500 rises above record closing high on U.S.-China trade report
The S&P 500 on Friday rose above its record closing high after a report that the United States and China were close to finalizing parts...
General Motors strike to cut U.S. October job growth
A strike by General Motors will likely slash at least 46,000 jobs from October’s nonfarm payrolls, a Labor Department report showed on Friday....
U.S. Representative Cummings eulogized by Hillary Clinton
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday praised the late Elijah Cummings, a leading force in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, as...
U.S.’ Mnuchin, Kushner to attend Saudi conference, visit Israel
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will travel to Saudi Arabia, where they will participate in an investment conference...
Zimbabwe’s president says Western sanctions a ‘cancer’ eating at economy
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday described Western sanctions as a “cancer” sapping the economy, and his supporters denounced the measures during marches held around...
Fresh rains slam storm-drenched Japan, killing at least four
Torrential rains battered parts of eastern Japan, killing at least four people, causing rivers to overflow and prompting evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands two...
