Afghan rivals to meet in China after U.S. talks stall
China is organizing talks among Afghanistan’s rival factions as part of efforts to end years of war after negotiations between the Taliban and the United...
PGA Tour vows to never leave Japan now that it has arrived
It took the PGA Tour a long time to officially touch down in Japan but now that it finally is here the organisation plans to...
Disease fighters to mark partial victory in polio eradication battle
Global health officials will on Thursday announce a partial victory in the decades-long fight to end polio, with a second of three strains of the...
China’s BAIC to launch intelligent cars under new brand: chairman
China’s Beijing Automotive Group Co (BAIC Group) [BEJINS.UL] will develop intelligent cars under a new brand, BEIJING, and hopes to cooperate with its partner Daimler...
South Korea warns of ‘serious risk’ from vaping
South Korea on Wednesday advised people to stop using liquid e-cigarettes due to growing health concerns and vowed to speed up an investigation into whether...
Global shares hit by tech problems and Brexit snags
World stock markets fell on Wednesday, as hopes faded that a Brexit deal would be wrapped by next week and a profit warning from Texas...
China factory production key as Tesla reports third-quarter results
Tesla Inc is conducting trial production runs at its new $2 billion China factory for the past several weeks and will sell some of the...
Pentagon chief visits Iraq as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, where he is likely to face questions about how long U.S. troops withdrawing from northeast...
Russia warns Syrian Kurdish YPG must pull back or face Turkish army
Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling...
Thousands could be affected by PG&E’s latest planned power cutoffs
People in more than 180,000 homes and businesses in California could find themselves in the dark as Pacific Gas & Electric again plans to shut...