California firefighters take offensive against blazes in wine country, L.A. suburbs
California firefighters aided by subsiding winds on Friday took the offensive against two major wildfires at opposite ends of the state, one displacing 50,000 suburban...
Russian agent Butina released from U.S. prison, deported
Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina was released from a Florida prison on Friday after serving most of her 18-month sentence for conspiring to influence U.S....
Fans of K-pop band Big Bang gather for G-Dragon’s military discharge
Fans of K-pop boyband Big Bang gathered on Saturday to see band leader G-Dragon return to civilian life after his discharge from military service....
U.S. imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister
The United States has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister, Owen Ncube, over what it says is credible information of his involvement in “gross...
Biggest demonstrations yet rock protest-stricken Chile
As many as a million Chileans protested on Friday in the capital Santiago in the biggest demonstrations yet since violence broke out a week ago...
In tweet, President Trump laments loss of iPhone home button
When Apple Inc removed the home button on some iPhone models starting in 2017, the change upset some of its customers because it forced them...
U.S. bars airline flights to all Cuban airports except Havana from December 10
The U.S. government said on Friday it would bar U.S. airlines from flying to all destinations in Cuba besides Havana starting on Dec. 10 as...
Barclay family puts Telegraph newspapers up for sale: The Times
The Barclay family has put the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers up for sale as it assesses its multibillion-pound business investments in the United Kingdom,...
Oil spill clean-up on Brazilian beaches making volunteers sick
Volunteers flocking to the Brazilian shore to clean up the mysterious oil polluting more than 100 northeastern beaches are getting ill from collecting the toxic...
Teen climate activist Thunberg leads rally in Vancouver
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed a rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday in the latest leg of her global campaign to spark action...