Plane carrying UK’s William and Kate twice aborts Pakistan landing in severe turbulence
Britain’s Prince William said he and his wife Kate were fine after a Royal Air Force plane carrying the royal couple was forced to abort...
Czech firm PPF close to deal with AT&T on buying CME: reports
Investment group PPF, owned by the Czech Republic’s richest man Petr Kellner, is close to concluding talks on buying a majority stake in Central European...
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay about $117 million to settle vaginal mesh litigation
U.S. state attorneys general said on Thursday that Johnson & Johnson and its unit had agreed to pay nearly $117 million to settle litigation over...
Lebanon proposes charges for WhatsApp calls
Lebanon’s cabinet has agreed to impose a fee on calls over WhatsApp and other similar applications, as part of efforts to raise revenues in the...
Prince William and Kate see impact of climate change at Pakistan glacier
Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday visited a melting glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range not far from Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan,...
Baby sea lions rescued and released in Peru
Six rescued sea lions were released into the Pacific Ocean off Peru on Wednesday, after they were successfully rehabilitated for living in the wild....
Catalan regional chief calls for independence vote after violent unrest
Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region’s government said on Thursday in a fresh...
EU leaders seek tough unified message against Turkey’s Syria offensive
European Union leaders will seek a common front against their NATO ally Turkey at a summit on Thursday and condemn Ankara’s offensive in northern Syria,...
Hataoka, Yang share first-round lead in Shanghai
Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and South Korea’s Amy Yang shot 5-under-par rounds of 67 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the...
Wall Street advances on upbeat earnings, Brexit deal
Wall Street rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes near one-month highs on upbeat earnings from Netflix and Morgan Stanley, while investors...