Powerful Japanese boy-band producer Kitagawa dies at 87
Johnny Kitagawa, one of the Japanese entertainment industry’s most powerful producers and the Guinness record-winning brain behind many of Japanese pop music’s most popular boy...
NBA approves coach’s challenge on one-year trial
The NFL has a red flag to announce a request for a replay review, and now the NBA will have a twirling index finger for...
Most perpetrators in 2018 mass attacks made threats: U.S. Secret Service
Most of those responsible for mass attacks in public areas in the United States in 2018 made prior threats or sent messages that sparked concern,...
Air quality plummets as wildfire smoke hits Alaska’s most populous cities
Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of the world’s worst air pollution in recent days,...
Federer wary of fresher, stronger Nishikori
Roger Federer believes his Wimbledon quarter-final opponent Kei Nishikori is ready to challenge for Grand Slams after the Japanese number one seems to have found...
Factbox: Roger Federer vs Kei Nishikori
A look at the records of Swiss Roger Federer and Japan’s Kei Nishikori before their quarter-final match at Wimbledon on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding):...
Oil prices rise as data shows bigger-than-expected fall in U.S. stockpiles
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, led by U.S. crude after an industry group reported that U.S. stockpiles fell for a fourth week in a row,...
Former FARC leader’s arrest sought in blow to Colombia’s peace deal
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered the capture of a former FARC rebel commander-turned lawmaker on Tuesday after he failed to appear for questioning about U.S. drug-trafficking...
Forged by debt crises, Mexico’s new finance minister takes charge in choppy waters
Mexico’s new finance minister Arturo Herrera is a pragmatic and respected policy maker who says he was inspired to study economics by the Latin American...
Tesla set to ramp up production at Fremont plant: Bloomberg
Tesla Inc is preparing to boost output at its electric car factory in Fremont, California, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing an internal email....