Leviathan gas field to start up after Israeli ministry grants approval
Companies developing the huge natural gas field Leviathan will begin production on Tuesday after receiving approval from Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry, one of the project’s...
India’s internet shutdowns costing mobile carriers millions of rupees in lost revenue
Indian mobile operators are losing around 24.5 million rupees ($350,000) in revenue every hour they are forced to suspend internet services on government orders to...
Italy court rules home-growing cannabis is legal, reigniting dispute
Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that small-scale domestic cultivation of cannabis is legal, in a landmark decision triggering calls for further legalization from weed advocates...
Islamic State says it killed 11 Christians in Nigeria
Islamic State released a video purporting to show it killing 11 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the...
FBI investigates Briton, others for Epstein links – sources
The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on...
Taiwan has ‘urgent’ need for infiltration law in face of China: president
Taiwan “urgently” needs to pass a planned anti-infiltration law to face threats from China to penetrate the island, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, denouncing...
Wall St. set for another record high as year-end rally continues
U.S. stock indexes were set to open at fresh record highs on Friday as optimism over U.S.-China trade relations and an improving global economy brightened...
Oil steadies near three-month highs on U.S. and Chinese economic data
Oil prices steadied on Friday, hovering just under three-month highs as upbeat economic data from China and the United States and optimism over a trade...
U.N. experts urge Pakistan to clear scholar of blasphemy, lift death sentence
United Nations human rights experts called on Pakistan’s high court on Friday to clear liberal academic Junaid Hafeez of blasphemy charges and overturn his death...
K-Pop’s BTS scores another first as tour microphones head to auction
They’ve conquered the world and released three best-selling albums in 2019. Now K-Pop band BTS is making its debut on the celebrity auction circuit....
