Records tumble as Team USA enjoy huge night at worlds
American swimmers smashed records and grabbed gold at the world championships on Friday, with sprint king Caeleb Dressel taking down Michael Phelps’ 100 meters butterfly...
Toxic seaweed a menace to Caribbean tourists
Tourists to the Caribbean may not realize that a brown drifting seaweed that’s been piling up on beaches in recent years is dangerous, researchers say....
Wall St. rebounds, dollar gains on solid GDP data, upbeat earnings
U.S. stocks bounced back and the dollar hit a two-month peak on Friday as solid economic data and a spate of positive earnings reports brought...
I only exchanged pleasantries with Guptas, South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells inquiry
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told an inquiry into state corruption that he had met and exchanged pleasantries in the past with members of the...
Police ordered to get fit as Indonesia fights obesity
An Indonesian province has put 50 overweight police officers on a crash program of aerobics, swimming and jogging, telling them they’d better shape up for...
Pelosi ‘looking forward’ to meeting with AOC
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she is ‘looking forward’ to her meeting with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Capitol Hill which comes amid...
Twitter shares jump 10% on solid user growth, revenue beat
Twitter Inc on Friday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue as design changes to its microblogging website attracted more users and advertisers, sending its shares up 10%....
Lebanon secures release of American citizen from Syria: Lebanese security official
A Lebanese security official said on Friday that Lebanon’s security chief Abbas Ibrahim had mediated with the Syrian government the release of a U.S. citizen...
Italy picks Deloitte to set up 500 million-euro real estate fund
Italy has picked the consulting firm Deloitte as it financial adviser in setting up a 500 million-euro real estate fund in an effort to squeeze...
Third Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they will cull 30,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in northern...