European panel okays GW Pharma cannabis drug for epilepsy
GW Pharmaceuticals’ marijuana-based treatment Epidyolex has won a positive recommendation for marketing approval from a European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel on Friday for use as...
Azerbaijan rescues nine people from Iranian cargo vessel in distress in Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan rescued nine people from an Iranian cargo vessel after it sent a distress signal when it was in the Caspian sea, Azerbaijan’s state maritime...
France’s Pinot abandons Tour de France with thigh injury
France’s Thibaut Pinot was forced to abandon the Tour de France during the 19th stage to Tignes on Friday after sustaining a thigh injury....
U.S. economy slows in second quarter; consumer spending accelerates
U.S. economic growth slowed less than expected in the second quarter as a surge in consumer spending blunted some of the drag from declining exports...
Governor resignation sparks power struggle in Puerto Rico
The resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor after mass protests has sparked a succession battle, and the winner could be a Washington corporate lawyer not directly...
China remains committed to promoting global peace, security – China.org.cn
China remains committed to promoting global peace, security China.org.cn A senior colonel at the Chinese Mission to the African Union (AU) reiterated China’s commitment to promoting...
Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, leading political figure, dead at 82
Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who came to leverage a rare level of political influence in Cuba for someone outside the Communist Party and played...
Wall St. set to open higher on upbeat earnings, GDP data
Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday, lifted by robust earnings from Google-owner Alphabet and Intel, and data that showed the U.S. economy...
Alphabet shares jump 9% on ad rebound, cloud promise
Shares of Alphabet Inc rose nearly 9% in premarket trading on Friday, after the company handily beat Wall Street targets on higher ad sales and...
U.S. economy misses Trump’s 3% target in 2018
U.S. economic growth in 2018 missed the Trump administration’s 3% target by any measure, which could renew criticism of the White House’s $1.5 trillion in...