Soccer: Iranian women snap up tickets for World Cup qualifier
Iranian women have snapped up tickets for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Cambodia in Tehran after they were released for sale via a website....
Pompeo warns about Chinese influence in Balkans
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Montenegro and North Macedonia on Friday and warned Balkan leaders of possible risks from Chinese investment in technology...
EU to urge G20 response on Facebook’s Libra, calls for tech tax reform
European Union finance ministers will tell their counterparts at a G20 meeting in mid-October that a global regulatory response is needed to “stablecoins” such as...
Oil rises about 1% on fall in U.S. unemployment rate
Oil prices rose on Friday as an increase in U.S. jobs eased some financial market concerns that a slowing global economy could dent oil demand,...
Exclusive: Antitrust probers in Congress ask Spotify to detail alleged Apple abuses – sources
U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe, according to two sources briefed on the investigation into allegations...
Paris mounts first Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition in three decades
An exhibition showing the works of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, famed for his portrayal of Paris’s cafes, brothels and cabarets at the end of the...
Explainer: Why the UK’s Brexit proposal falls short for the EU
Britain’s latest proposal for an agreement on the terms of its divorce from the European Union has been widely rebuffed in Brussels because it does...
Palestinians to resuming taking Israeli collected tax money
The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority (PA) will once again accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel, after rejecting the money for months, Israeli and...
Millions of dried seahorses seized on ship in Peruvian port
In an operation at the port of Callao, Peruvian authorities seized some 12.3 million seahorses that were illegally fished and allegedly destined to be sold...
Late INXS singer Hutchence remembered in intimate film ‘Mystify’
A new documentary seeks to move away from “rumors and tabloid headlines” to paint an intimate portrait of late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, charting his...