Brazilian state creates task force to protect Amazon tribe from loggers
The government of the Brazilian state of Maranhao set up a police task force on Monday to protect the Guajajara tribe from illegal loggers that...
Activist asks Indian court to order probe into WhatsApp over hacking scandal
A right-wing social activist in India filed a petition asking the country’s top court to order a probe into Facebook Inc and WhatsApp over revelations...
Transcripts of closed-door impeachment testimony released
U.S. House committees on Monday released the first transcripts of closed-door impeachment testimony that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said detailed a smear campaign...
Caterpillar lays off 120 in Texas as trade war saps growth
Caterpillar Inc has laid off 120 temporary workers at a plant in Texas following its decision to reduce production hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
Soccer: Mexico’s Vela named MLS MVP after record-breaking season with LAFC
Los Angeles Football Club forward Carlos Vela was named Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Most Valuable Player for the 2019 season on Monday, making him the...
‘Catalonia has no king,’ separatist protesters say during Spanish royals’ visit
Thousands of demonstrators banged on kitchen pots and chanted “Catalonia has no king!” on Monday to protest a visit by the Spanish royal family to...
UK parliament elects Labour lawmaker Hoyle as Speaker
Opposition Labour lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle was elected speaker of Britain’s House of Commons on Monday and will take on the role of refereeing the next...
Caterpillar lays off 120 temporary workers in Texas -spokeswoman
Caterpillar Inc said on Monday it has laid off 120 temporary workers at a plant in Texas following its decision to reduce production....
Trump’s accounting firm must hand over 8 years of tax returns, court rules
President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday,...
U.S. Supreme Court mulls making it easier to deport immigrants for crimes
U.S. Supreme Court justices considered on Monday whether to make it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes, a population...