Oil up on U.S.-Iran tensions but demand concerns cap gains
Oil prices rose on Monday adding to last week’s gains, lifted by tensions between the United States and Iran, but concerns about the possibility of...
Car trash to cash: U.S. firm aims to power European stadiums with old car batteries
U.S. industrial conglomerate Eaton, which uses second-hand Nissan electric vehicle batteries to power buildings, is in talks with up to six European football stadiums to...
Australia to bring children of dead Islamic State fighters home from Syria
Australia has gathered up eight children and grandchildren of two dead Australian Islamic State fighters from a Syrian refugee camp and will bring them home,...
New world number one Barty out of Eastbourne with arm injury
New world number one Ashleigh Barty has suffered a Wimbledon injury scare and has withdrawn from this week’s Eastbourne grasscourt tournament....
Russia warns of repeat of 1962 Cuban missile crisis
The U.S. deployment of land-based missile systems near Russia’s borders could lead to a stand-off comparable to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Russian Deputy Foreign...
Victims named in deadly NH motorcycle crash
New Hampshire’s Deputy Attorney General Jane Young has named the seven people killed on Friday when a pickup truck crashed into members of a motorcycle...
Water shortage could cut India’s food exports, minister warns
A water shortage could cut food exports from India, which has emerged as a leading supplier of a number of food products to the world,...
France prepares to swelter in record high June temperatures
Authorities in Paris are setting up “cool rooms” in municipal buildings, opening pools for late-night swimming and installing extra drinking fountains as France braces for...
Democrat O’Rourke proposes ‘war tax’ on affluent U.S. families without military members
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Monday proposed taxing affluent American families who do not have members in the U.S. military as a way to...
Democratic candidate outlines plan to end to U.S. fossil fuels
The Democrat running as the “climate change candidate” in the 2020 presidential election laid out a strategy on Monday for weaning the United States off...