Portugal minister condemns far-right MP’s attack on black colleague
Portugal’s justice minister condemned parliament’s sole far-right lawmaker on Wednesday for a social media post in which he called for a black fellow MP with...
Goldman Sachs sets growth targets but urges investor patience
Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Wednesday set targets to grow its fledgling consumer unit and transaction banking business while improving efficiency and returns to shareholders,...
Ethiopian who demanded justice now has half a year to deliver it
Mustafa Muhumed Omer began demanding justice after his uncle disappeared and continued despite threats to his mother and sister, and the torture and death of his brother....
SpaceX launches second batch of 2020 Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday (January 29), the second of its 2020 push to get 1.5k satellites into space...
Italian far-right leader says terrorized by online stalker
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, told a court on Wednesday she feared for her three-year-old daughter after an online stalker...
Yemen’s Houthis say they fired at Aramco, other Saudi targets
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had fired rocket and drone strikes at Saudi targets including Aramco oil facilities, the group’s first claim...
Reports of vessel on fire off UAE’s Sharjah: UKMTO
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday that it had received reports of a vessel on fire north-west of the United Arab...
India’s pollution regulator ponders coal plant penalties
Authorities are assessing how seriously to punish the operators of coal-fired plants around New Delhi that missed a year-end deadline to fit equipment to curb...
Oil mixed as virus fears offset by talk of OPEC cut extension
Oil was mixed on Wednesday as worries about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and swelling crude inventories in the United States weighed on prices,...
Biden, Sanders lead field in new poll ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders are leading a crowded field of candidates days before Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the first contest...