Actor Cuba Gooding Jr due in court on new charges in groping case
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr is due in court on Thursday to face new criminal charges involving a third woman accusing him of sexual misconduct, less...
Stocks touch 20-month high, bond yields fall after Fed cuts
World stocks edged to their highest in 20 months on Thursday after the Federal Reserve cut rates even as it signaled it would hold back...
China’s DJI says aware of reports U.S. Interior Department grounding its drones
Chinese drone maker DJI said on Thursday that it is aware of reports that the U.S. Department of the Interior has grounded all non-emergency Chinese-made...
Nigeria lifts suspension of two aid groups in northeast: minister
Nigeria has temporarily lifted a suspension of the operations of two aid groups, Mercy Corps and Action Against Hunger, in the country’s northeast, the minister...
China says hopes U.S. will ‘stop abusing concept of national security’ after reports of grounded drones
China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday after reports that the United States Department of the Interior had grounded its fleet of Chinese-made drones that it...
Indonesia threatens to report countries for refusing to take back waste
Indonesia’s environment ministry said on Thursday it would report countries to the Basel Convention, an international treaty on waste reduction, if they refused to accept...
Scrapped Chile APEC summit throws up new hurdle for U.S.-China trade deal
Leaders from the United States and China encountered a new obstacle in their struggle to end a damaging trade war on Wednesday, when the summit...
Nationals beat long odds to win World Series
The Washington Nationals stunned the Houston Astros 6-2 in a winner-take-all Game Seven on Wednesday to secure their maiden Major League Baseball World Series title...
Hong Kong falls into first recession in 10 years as protests, trade war weigh
Hong Kong slid into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the...
Hong Kong prepares for Halloween protests with city in recession
Hong Kong police tightened security ahead of possible clashes on Thursday between masked pro-democracy protesters and Halloween fancy-dress clubbers as the Chinese-ruled city confirmed it...