Exclusive: Western countries rebuke China at U.N. for detention of Uighurs
Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move...
Sour note: Sistine Chapel Choir director resigns after fraud allegations
The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, which has provided the musical backdrop to papal events for centuries, has resigned following allegations of fraud and...
Brazil pension reform approval within reach, markets surge
Brazil’s lower house of Congress is expected to vote on a landmark overhaul to the country’s pension system on Wednesday, triggering a surge across Brazilian...
Australia to vote on indigenous recognition
Australia announced that it will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in the country’s constitution, an...
Anonymous Analytics goes long cannabis with Turning Point Brands
Activist research group Anonymous Analytics has turned its attention to the cannabis industry, initiating a buy rating on Turning Point Brands Inc in a report...
Online conservatives expect to vent social media frustrations at White House summit
When conservative meme-maker Carpe Donktum got an invite to a White House summit, he thought the email might be spam....
S&P 500 hits 3,000 as Powell’s comment lifts rate cut hopes
The benchmark S&P 500 breached the 3,000 points mark for the first time on Wednesday, as hopes of an interest rate cut later this month...
Silverstone agrees five-year deal for British GP
Lewis Hamilton’s home British Grand Prix will stay at Silverstone for at least the next five years under a new deal announced by Formula One...
Soviet sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation
A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation, researchers said on Wednesday following an expedition that used a remotely...
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations chairman offers bill on Saudi rights
The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch, has introduced legislation seeking to push back on Saudi Arabia over human...