Wall St. barely gains as investors wait for trade progress
Wall Street eked out gains on Thursday as investors awaited concrete news on a hoped-for interim trade deal between the United States and China before...
Second evacuation lifted in Texas city hit by explosion, chemical fire
Authorities on Thursday lifted a second evacuation order in a week for thousands of people in a Texas city as U.S. safety officials began examining...
Trudeau calls on Canada’s opposition to help on climate, taxes, healthcare
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who now heads a weakened minority government, on Thursday called on opposition parties to work with him to help pass...
EPA chief says agency working to address biofuels industry concerns over blending mandates: source
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler told a biofuels company in a phone call on Thursday that the agency is working to address industry...
Emotion-sensing robot launches to assist space station astronauts
An intelligent robot equipped with emotion-sensing voice detectors was headed to the International Space Station after launching from Florida on Thursday, becoming the latest artificial...
Chadwick wants to help sweep away female stereotypes
W Series winner Jamie Chadwick wants to help sweep away stereotypes about women racers in the virtual world as well as the real one....
Global stocks falter on trade uncertainty; sterling gains
The dollar slid and global equity markets traded little changed on Thursday as enthusiasm over Apple shares was offset by doubts about the likelihood of...
UK’s Labour accuses BBC of bias over its election coverage
Britain’s opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday to complain about its coverage of campaigning ahead of next week’s election,...
Bloomberg favors lawsuits by gun victims against manufacturers, assault weapon ban
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan on Thursday to allow victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers, force owners of assault weapons to...
Bosnia must overhaul judiciary, end political obstruction: report
Bosnia must overhaul its complex and opaque justice system and do more to protect the rule of law if it wants to press its case...
