Rout relents as China keeps yuan on leash
A rout in global markets moderated on Tuesday as China kept the yuan on a tight leash after its landmark drop past 7-per-dollar led the...
China says U.S. currency manipulator labeling could cause chaos in financial markets
China’s central bank said on Tuesday that Washington’s decision to label Beijing as a currency manipulator would “severely damage international financial order and cause chaos...
Pact is reached in Mozambique but prospects for peace still uncertain
With a handshake, Mozambique’s leaders hope to close the book on a decades-long conflict on Tuesday. But an election in October and new causes of...
“It broke my heart” – El Paso shooting victim remembered by school friends
Friends and family of a Texas high school student killed in a shooting rampage at an El Paso Walmart store remembered him at a memorial...
Japanese flying car hovers for a minute during test flight
Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC Corporation unveiled a prototype flying car that stayed in the air for almost a minute during a test in Japan this...
Is it too late to hold an election before Brexit? Yes, probably
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said he will take Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with or without an exit deal....
‘Don’t come if you like gold’: Turks march against planned gold mine
Thousands of Turks including opposition lawmakers staged a peaceful and unusually large protest on the outskirts of a small western town on Monday against what...
Swiss indict former German soccer officials over World Cup payment
Swiss federal prosecutors have filed fraud charges against three former German soccer officials over a suspect payment linked to the 2006 World Cup hosted by...
Any Turkish incursion into Syria ‘unacceptable,’ will prevent it: Pentagon chief
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday any Turkish operation into northern Syria would be “unacceptable” and the United States would prevent unilateral incursions,...
BA plane forced to make emergency landing after cabin fills with smoke
Passengers and crew had to be evacuated from a smoke-filled British Airways plane at Spain’s Valencia airport after the cabin filled with smoke. Rough cut...