A decade in showbiz: #MeToo, Oscar drama and star-studded weddings
A showbiz decade marked by the emergence of the #MeToo movement, drama at Oscar time and a clutch of star-studded royal weddings is drawing to...
Asian stocks inch up on trade outlook but markets remain wary
Asian stocks edged up on Thursday on signs the United States and China were on track for a preliminary trade deal, though optimism was tempered...
Samoa goes door-to-door to fight measles, combat anti-vaccination messages
Samoa closed all non-essential public and private services on Thursday to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and...
Cobwebbed bikes and carpool apps: France braces for public sector strike
Commuters scrambled to fix up old bicycles, reserve carpool rides and arrange emergency childcare ahead of one of France’s biggest public sector strikes in decades...
Amazon faces U.S. antitrust scrutiny on cloud business: Bloomberg
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has broadened its scrutiny of Amazon.com Inc beyond its retail operations to include its cloud-computing business, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday,...
Pentagon official says there are indications Iranian ‘aggression’ could occur
A senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday there were indications that Iran could potentially carry out aggressive actions in the future, amid simmering tensions between...
Little wiggle room as Ukraine, Russia leaders meet for crunch Paris talks
Ukrainian and Russian leaders will try to seal a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and agree on prisoner swaps when they meet next week, but with...
Mexico sees progress in talks to revise USMCA, says drug protections to ease
Mexico’s government said on Wednesday progress was being made toward revising a new North American trade pact that will sharply reduce protections for biologic drugs,...
Australia to trim government as PM demands policy delivery
Australia will cut the number of government departments next year to focus on the continuity of policy and improving service, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...
NASA’s probe soaring near sun reveals surprises about solar wind
Troves of new data from a NASA probe’s close encounters with the sun are giving scientists unique insight about the solar wind and space weather...
