Backed by soldiers, El Salvador’s president briefly occupies Congress
President Nayib Bukele and a group of soldiers armed with automatic weapons briefly occupied El Salvador’s Congress on Sunday, stepping up a pressure campaign to...
Taiwan again scrambles jets to intercept Chinese planes, tensions spike
Taiwan’s air force scrambled for a second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by Beijing as...
ITF to monitor WTA’s on-court coaching trial: Haggerty
The International Tennis Federation is still opposed to on-court coaching outside of team competitions but the world governing body will use data from a WTA...
Virus uncertainty weighs on global shares, dollar takes breather
Global shares fell on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus outbreak exceeded the SARS epidemic of two decades ago, though Chinese shares rose...
Salvadoran president rallies for loan to boost security
El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele called on his supporters to join him in pressuring lawmakers to approve a loan to boost security and police to...
Australia’s Monash to open Indonesia’s first foreign university campus
Monash University has won approval to set up the first foreign university campus in Indonesia, the Australian institution said on Monday, as Southeast Asia’s biggest...
Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of Merkel’s CDU, won’t run for chancellor: source
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and her protegee, will not run for chancellor in next year’s federal election,...
The Blonds find religion at New York Fashion Week
After several seasons of sharply themed collections, fashion designers The Blonds traveled to more ethereal territory as they presented looks for fall 2020 at New...
Oil slides lower as traders evaluate China’s demand, await OPEC+ cuts
Oil prices slipped lower on Monday as traders assessed China’s oil demand following the coronavirus outbreak and waited to see if major producers will cut...
China slowly gets back to work as nearly 100 more die from coronavirus
Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that...
