Don’t turn Iran plane crash into a political issue: Iran foreign ministry spokesman
All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said,...
U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait less than week after election
A U.S. warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the island’s defense ministry said, less than a week after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won...
China says followed, monitored U.S. warship in Taiwan Strait
China’s military closely followed and monitored a U.S. warship that sailed through the Taiwan Strait, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday....
Novo Nordisk’s diabetes pill Rybelsus to be covered by Express Scripts
Novo Nordisk’s new diabetes pill, Rybelsus, will be covered by Express Scripts Holding Co, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit managers, the Danish drugmaker...
Drink like a Mexican kingpin: ‘El Chapo’ beer launched by daughter
Have a cold one, have an “El Chapo” beer. That’s the message of Alejandrina Guzman, whose company has developed a craft beer dedicated to her...
Three pre-Columbian sculpted faces returned to Mexico from Germany
Three centuries-old pre-Columbian sculptures that since the 1970s had been in Germany have been returned to Mexico voluntarily, officials said Thursday, the latest repatriation of...
World number one Momota discharged from hospital
World number one badminton player Kento Momota was discharged from hospital on Friday, his sponsor Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, said in a statement, after...
Iran’s Khamenei to address nation facing unrest at home, pressure abroad
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will deliver a Friday prayers sermon when he is expected to throw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards after...
China posts weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites, but ends 2019 on better note
China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States, and more stimulus...
China markets split on outcome of LPR lending benchmark in January
China’s financial markets are nearly evenly divided over whether the benchmark lending rate will be lowered or kept steady next Monday, a survey of participants...