Indonesian president taps opposition rival, tech CEO for reform cabinet
Indonesian President Joko Widodo asked opposition leader Prabowo Subianto on Monday to join his new cabinet for a second term, while the co-founder of tech...
U.S. troops leave Syria, cross into Iraq
U.S. troops crossed into Iraq early on Monday, part of a withdrawal from northeastern Syria ordered by President Donald Trump that opened the way for...
Bank Of America expands zero-commission stock trading
Bank Of America said on Monday it would expand its zero-dollar online trading to all customers of its Preferred Rewards program and cut commissions for...
British-born Nigerian actor hopes black skinhead film will ‘heal’ pain
British-born Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was taken into foster care by a white family near London as a baby in the 1960s. As a youth, the unthinkable...
Chile scrambles to clean up mess after weekend of chaos, violent protests
Chilean authorities scrambled on Monday to clear wreckage and re-open public transportation in the capital Santiago after a weekend of chaos in which at least...
Halliburton revenue drops more than expected as shale demand slows
Halliburton Co reported a bigger-than-expected 10% drop in quarterly revenue on Monday, as the oilfield services provider battled lower demand from shale oil producers in...
Boeing may face billions more in losses as MAX crisis deepens: analysts
Boeing Co may have to book billions of dollars in additional charges, two brokerages said on Monday, following latest developments around the planemaker’s grounded 737...
Northern Ireland prepares for momentous abortion, same-sex marriage changes
Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same sex-marriage ban and restrictions on abortion prepared on Monday for a momentous change to the...
Drug companies reach settlement as opioid trial set to begin
Four drug companies reached a last-minute legal settlement over their role in the opioid addiction epidemic, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday....
Going overboard? Shipping rules seen shifting pollution from air to sea
New global rules forcing ships to reduce air pollution by using cleaner fuels will see more sulphur and nitrates dumped into the oceans, analysts and...