Prosecutors say tests needed before Sri Lanka sterilization case can proceed
Sri Lankan prosecutors said on Thursday tests would be needed to establish whether a Muslim doctor had sterilized Buddhist patients, while there was no evidence...
Trump blasts Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra, demands they face banking regulations
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and...
Trump’s plan to have Guatemala absorb asylum seekers could face court challenge in Central America
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will travel to Washington next week to discuss migration, while five former senior officials went to court to block an agreement...
House Democrats seek briefing on Acosta’s role in Epstein plea deal
U.S. House Democrats on Thursday asked the Justice Department for a briefing on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s decision to approve a 2007 plea deal for...
Storm Barry cuts half U.S. Gulf Coast oil output, flooding fears close coastal refinery
An intensifying tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Thursday cut more than half the region’s oil output, with energy companies evacuating staff...
Tropical Storm Barry nears New Orleans, raising flood threat
Nervous New Orleans residents prepared to flee as Tropical Storm Barry closed in on Thursday, with forecasts of “extreme rain” and more flooding ahead of...
House Speaker Pelosi says she’s seeking budget, debt deal before August recess
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is seeking to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and resolve an...
House Democrats seek briefing Acosta’s role in Epstein plea deal
Democratic members of a U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday asked the Justice Department for a briefing on financier Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 plea deal for a...
Trump rips tech firms at ‘social media’ event
President Donald Trump told prominent conservative social media figures on Thursday at a White House forum that he is being treated unfairly by big tech...
Apple reinstates OurPact parental control app removed over privacy concerns
Apple Inc this week restored a software application to its App Store that let parents control their children’s iPhone usage after removing it in February,...
