Investors retreat further from U.S. stock funds as trade tensions mount: ICI
Investors extended their retreat from the U.S. stock market by pulling nearly $8.2 billion out of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold domestic equities...
High times in ancient China revealed in funerary cannabis discovery
Marijuana chemical residue has been found in incense burners apparently used during funerary rites at a mountainous site in western China in about 500 BC,...
U.S. commodities regulator sees market risk from climate change, urges action
A top U.S. commodities regulator said on Wednesday climate change poses a major market risk and urged federal government action to address it, putting him...
Trump Jr. back at Senate to discuss Russian ties
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrived on Wednesday for a closed-door interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee that was...
‘No choice’ but to proceed with contempt vote: AOC
U.S. Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday, “we have no choice” but to move forward on a vote to find Attorney General William Barr and...
Former Trump adviser Flynn hires Mueller critic as lawyer
Former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has hired Sidney Powell, a fierce critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, as his new attorney,...
Ghana says its forces rescued two kidnapped Canadian women
Ghana forces have rescued two Canadian women who were kidnapped last week outside their hostel in Ghana’s second city of Kumasi, the Ghanaian government said...
U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage Sudan talks
The top U.S. diplomat for Africa was due in Khartoum on Wednesday to join an international push to salvage a deal between Sudan’s military rulers...
Sudan’s foreign ministry summons British ambassador: agency
Sudan’s foreign ministry summoned on Wednesday the British ambassador in Khartoum to protest his remarks on political developments in the country, Sudan’s state news agency...
Tensions simmer between Hong Kong riot police, protesters after day of violence
Hong Kong riot police and protesters braced early on Thursday for possible further clashes across the city’s financial district after a day of violence over...
