Hong Kong girds for more protests; student in critical condition
Hong Kong authorities readied on Friday for a series of student demonstrations and further weekend protests, the latest in more than five months of anti-government...
Former Attorney General Sessions enters U.S. Senate race in Alabama
Jeff Sessions, ousted as attorney general by President Donald Trump last year, said on Thursday he was seeking the 2020 Republican nomination for a U.S....
Exclusive: Economist who backed Warren healthcare plan has doubts about her wealth tax
A leading economist who vouched for Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s healthcare reform plan told Reuters on Thursday he doubts its staggering cost can be...
NFL notebook: Brown vents frustration on Twitter
Antonio Brown let loose with a profanity-filled tweet aimed at the NFL on Thursday, one week before he is scheduled to meet with the league...
France scraps plans for $3.3 billion Franco-Chinese shopping mall near Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to scrap a 3 billion euro ($3.32 billion) shopping and leisure complex project that French retail group Auchan and...
WhatsApp adds shopping catalog feature, courting e-commerce
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a catalog feature for its WhatsApp messaging app, it said in a blog post, building out the service’s e-commerce tools...
Citi, Deutsche get go-ahead to probe regulator witnesses in landmark cartel case
Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG may cross-examine four antitrust investigators involved in a criminal cartel prosecution against them, an Australian court ruled on Friday,...
Bloomberg mulls 2020 run again
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is strongly considering entering the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a move that could greatly disrupt...
Democratic lawmakers question FAA decisions on Boeing safety issues
Two Democratic U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday the Federal Aviation Administration overruled agency technical specialists on two Boeing Co safety issues involving the 737 MAX...
Global stocks close in on record highs on U.S.-China trade deal hopes
World stocks rallied to near record highs on Friday after China said it had agreed with the United States to cancel tariffs in phases, a...