Egyptian minister says threat to ‘chop’ critics taken out of context
An Egyptian minister who was filmed telling a crowd of Egyptian expatriates in Canada that critics of the country should be “chopped” said on Friday...
Alphabet, Starbucks send Wall Street to record high
Robust earnings from Alphabet and Starbucks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes to record highs on Friday, with support from data showing U.S. economic...
Tanzania to shut part of wildlife preserve to big game hunters
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday ordered the sprawling Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to be split in two to restrict the access...
Dominican Republic sends McAfee to Britain, without guns or yacht
Tech guru John McAfee, creator of the eponymous antivirus computer software, has arrived in Britain from the Dominican Republic, where he was detained with his...
Kim says North’s tests were warning to South Korea
North Korea said on Friday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills,...
Korean Lee grabs halfway lead at Evian Championship
South Korea’s Lee Mi-hyang recovered from a double-bogey to card a four-under-par 67 and take the lead at Evian Championship in France on Friday....
Brazil’s courtship of U.S. need not worry China: foreign minister
Brazil’s efforts to build better ties with the United States need not worry China, the South American country’s top trade partner, because it had never...
U.S. stocks bounce back; dollar climbs on GDP data, upbeat earnings
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit fresh intraday highs and the dollar reached a two-month peak on Friday as strong economic data and a...
House Judiciary weighing Trump impeachment after Mueller
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Friday said the committee is considering “all remedies” including recommendation of “articles of impeachment” in...
U.S. tax collectors urge owners of virtual currencies to pay back taxes, file amended returns
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Friday said it was sending thousands of letters to taxpayers who failed to report virtual currency transactions, saying they...