Wildfire threatens homes in affluent California neighborhood
A wildfire raced up a steep hillside, threatening homes in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Southern California on Monday, prompting evacuations as fire crews...
Soccer: Fast-growing MLS awards expansion franchise to Sacramento
Major League Soccer is heading for Sacramento after California’s capital city was revealed as its latest expansion club on Monday....
Pentagon chief mulls keeping some troops in Syria
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that keeping some U.S. troops in parts of northeastern Syria near oilfields with Syrian Democratic Forces to...
Companies slow to disclose financial costs of climate change: report
U.S. and European companies in polluting industries rarely disclose the financial risks they face related to climate change even though a global task force called...
Displaced by war, Kurdish families stuck at Syria-Iraq border point
Made homeless when Turkish shells slammed into his house in northern Syria, Kurdish day labourer Suleiman Mohamed and his family spent 10 days in desperate...
Exclusive: Europe regulator to clear Boeing 737 MAX in January at earliest
European regulators expect to clear Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to return to service in January at the earliest, following flight trials by European test pilots...
Trade hopes boost Wall Street; tech shares lead gains
The benchmark S&P 500 stock index rose within striking distance of a record high on Monday as further signs of progress toward a resolution of...
FDA approves Vertex Pharma’s combo treatment for cystic fibrosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc’s combination treatment for a rare condition called cystic fibrosis, the agency said on Monday....
Tennis: Canada’s Shapovalov says maiden triumph ‘weight off the shoulders’
Denis Shapovalov may have had to wait longer than he would have liked before winning his first ATP title at the Stockholm Open but the...
Soccer: MLS awards expansion franchise to Sacramento
Major League Soccer is heading for Sacramento after California’s capital city was revealed as its latest expansion club on Monday....