Brazil’s Bolsonaro urges Supreme Court to shelve ‘fake news’ probe
President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign by his supporters, as a political crisis deepened...
First Latina U.S. senator withdraws name from Biden’s running mate list
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday she is not interested in being Joe Biden’s...
Wall Street ends down in late selloff; Facebook and China weigh
Wall Street ended lower on Thursday following a late-session reversal, with Facebook weighing on the market after President Donald Trump said he would sign an...
Sainsbury’s new boss Roberts faces unexpected in-tray
When Sainsbury’s new boss Simon Roberts hosts a virtual focus group with supermarket shoppers on his first day in charge on Monday, the conversation will...
Costco profit falls on coronavirus-related costs
Costco Wholesale Corp reported a 7.5% fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, as it spent more on wages and sanitizing its warehouse clubs and halted...
Angry protesters smash police vehicle in St. Paul
Protesters, enraged by the death of an unarmed black man this week after a police officer pinned him down with a knee to the neck,...
Biles ‘praying for the best’ with rescheduled Games
Four-times Olympic champion Simone Biles said she was hopeful the rescheduled Tokyo Games will take place next year, amid concern over the global response to...
Trump’s order taking aim at Twitter is ‘bluster’: legal experts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to curb what he says is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the legal obligations...
Salesforce cuts annual estimates on COVID-19 hit
Salesforce.com Inc cut its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Thursday, as the cloud-based business software maker allowed clients to defer payments and provided its...
GM to increase North America vehicle production
General Motors said on Thursday it would start increasing vehicle production in North America from next week to meet rising demand....