CDC confirms first U.S. case of China coronavirus
A traveler from China has been diagnosed in Seattle with the Wuhan coronavirus, according to a U.S. CDC spokesman....
China virus outbreak impedes Wall Street rally; Netflix earnings on deck
Wall Street’s main indexes paused near all-time highs on Tuesday, as concerns about the fallout from a deadly virus outbreak in China and a downbeat...
Risk assets slip on Chinese virus anxiety
Risk assets took a hit across the globe on Tuesday while the Japanese yen and U.S. Treasury prices gained as financial markets reacted to mounting...
Trump’s impeachment trial underway in Senate as battle lines form
U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday in a rare use of the constitutional mechanism for ousting a...
Starbucks to add more plant-based food in latest green push; Beyond Meat shares jump
Starbucks Corp aims to add more plant-based food and drinks to its menu as part of the company’s latest plan to become more environmentally friendly,...
British rocker Ozzy Osbourne reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis
British rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who last year postponed a world tour due to health issues, disclosed in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that he has...
Russia names new sports minister in government reshuffle
Oleg Matytsin, the president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), was named Russia’s new sports minister in a government reshuffle on Tuesday as the...
Oil market shrugs off Libya crisis amid ample global supply
Oil prices fell on Tuesday on expectations that a well-supplied global market, including supplies from growing record U.S. production, would be able to absorb disruptions...
Lebanon government to be announced on Tuesday: sources, media
Lebanon’s new government will be announced on Tuesday, political sources and local media said, after the powerful Shi’ite Hezbollah group and its allies clinched an...
Hezbollah nominates two ministers in new Lebanon government: sources
The powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah has nominated two ministers in Lebanon’s new government including the health minister, two senior political sources told Reuters....
