Sanders unveils economic plan a day before U.S. Democratic debate
Senator Bernie Sanders, a day before the next debate among the Democratic U.S. presidential candidates, released a plan on Monday underscoring his left-leaning economic views...
Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders over failed independence bid
Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine separatist leaders from Catalonia to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in...
Afghan museum restores Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time
Restoring Afghanistan’s Buddhist artifacts that were destroyed by the Taliban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on...
Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer win 2019 Nobel economics prize
Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for creating an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty, the Royal...
Facebook’s Libra faces support test after big payment backers quit
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency faces a pivotal meeting of backers on Monday, days after the would-be digital coin project suffered a severe blow as major payment...
EU to investigate Hungarian state aid for Samsung SDI’s battery cell plant
EU antitrust regulators on Monday voiced doubts whether Budapest’s plan to grant 108 million euros ($119.2 million) to Samsung SDI’s battery cell production facility in...
Malaysia considers total vaping ban after reports of U.S. deaths
Malaysia is considering banning the sale of electronic cigarettes, its health minister said on Monday, citing growing reports of deaths in the United States linked...
China’s pig herd in Sept down 41.1% from year earlier
China’s pig herd in September was 41.1% smaller than it was a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, as a year-long African swine...
Oil falls due to caution over first phase of U.S.-China trade deal
Oil prices fell on Monday as scant details about the first phase of a trade deal between the United States and China undercut optimism over...
Kathy Griffin, CNN Denounce Pro-Trump Video Depicting Violence Against Celebrities & Media – Deadline
Kathy Griffin, CNN Denounce Pro-Trump Video Depicting Violence Against Celebrities & Media Deadline Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His...