Oil prices up $1 as U.S.-China trade talks loom, supply issues mount
Oil prices rose around $1 on Monday, buoyed by hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and supported by challenges to supply facing major exporters....
Nobel Medicine Prize won by doctors for work on cells’ response to oxygen
Two Americans and a Briton won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for discovering a molecular switch that regulates how cells adapt to fluctuating...
‘Sorry, this is an emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around world
Thousands of climate activists took to the streets of cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate...
U.S. Supreme Court kicks off new term, with Justice Thomas absent
The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new nine-month term with a flurry of activity on Monday, hearing arguments in three cases and rejecting numerous...
Trump must hand over tax returns to NY prosecutors: judge
U.S. President Donald Trump must hand over eight years of tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors, a federal judge ruled, after Trump claimed he was immune...
Schroders, Lloyds wealth venture appoints former IG Group boss as CEO
Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW), a joint venture between Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group, said on Monday it has appointed former IG Group executive Peter Hetherington...
Wall Street dips as caution sets in ahead of trade talks
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Monday as investors refrained from making big bets ahead of the trade talks later in the week, following a...
U.S. recorded seven new cases of measles last week
The United States recorded 7 new measles cases last week taking the total cases for the year to 1,250 in the worst outbreak since 1992,...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Acorda appeal in MS drug patent fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Acorda Therapeutics Inc’s appeal of a lower court ruling that allowed generic versions of its multiple...
Murray wobbles but roars back to win Shanghai opener
Former world number one Andy Murray recovered from a slow start to beat Argentine qualifier Juan Ignacio Londero 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters...