Exclusive: While battling opioid crisis, U.S. government weighed using fentanyl for executions
The U.S. Department of Justice examined using fentanyl in lethal injections as it prepared last year to resume executing condemned prisoners, a then untested use...
Rugby: Across the world cyclists begin final leg to deliver World Cup whistle
After travelling almost 20,000 km (12,500 miles) across 27 countries since leaving London’s Twickenham Stadium 223 days ago, intrepid cyclists Ron Rutland and James Owens...
Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country
The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood $145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But...
Thais allowed six cannabis plants per household under draft law
A party in Thailand’s ruling coalition has proposed a draft law that would allow Thais to grow a limited amount of cannabis at home, less...
Rugby: Octopuses predict Japan will beat Ireland but not reach knockouts
Two octopuses in Obira, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, have predicted the hosts of the Rugby World Cup will not progress from their...
Ford, GM rev up electric pickup trucks to head off Tesla
Large pickup trucks that tow most of the profits in to Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co are holdovers from another century – with...
Ireland says gap between EU and UK on Brexit ‘very wide’
The gap between Britain and the EU over Brexit is “very wide”, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday, and the British government’s Northern...
Indonesia blames Malaysian companies for some forest fires
Indonesia on Friday blamed four Malaysian companies, including the world’s biggest producer of sustainable palm oil, for causing some of the forest fires within its...
Tokyo Olympic committee may ban rising-sun flag from 2020 Games
Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Friday they may designate Japan’s “Rising Sun” flag as the flag of a non-participating country – which could lead to...
Australian state to cart truckloads of water to drought-hit town
An Australian state will spend tens of thousands of dollars each month to truck water into a drought-hit town that is forecast to run out...