Australia promises national vote on recognition of indigenous people by 2022
Australia will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in its constitution, the government said on Wednesday,...
U.S. eyes military coalition in the Gulf
The United States hopes to enlist allies over the next two weeks or so in a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and...
Johnson and Hunt clash in British PM debate
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, rivals to become Britain’s next prime minister, clashed over who could be most trusted on Brexit in a sometimes bad-natured...
Report: Little chance of Clowney-Texans agreement
While the deadline for franchise-tagged players to come to terms with NFL teams is still several days away, the chances of Jadeveon Clowney reaching an...
Appeals court signals sympathy to bid to rescind Obamacare
A federal appeals court panel grilled Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday about whether Obamacare violates the U.S. Constitution, as it weighs whether to uphold a...
Asia shares cautious in case Powell closes rate door
Asian shares turned mixed on Wednesday while rising Treasury yields lifted the dollar as markets wondered if the world’s most powerful central banker would confirm...
Powerful Japanese boy-band producer Kitagawa dies at 87
Johnny Kitagawa, one of the Japanese entertainment industry’s most powerful producers and the Guinness record-winning brain behind many of Japanese pop music’s most popular boy...
NBA approves coach’s challenge on one-year trial
The NFL has a red flag to announce a request for a replay review, and now the NBA will have a twirling index finger for...
Most perpetrators in 2018 mass attacks made threats: U.S. Secret Service
Most of those responsible for mass attacks in public areas in the United States in 2018 made prior threats or sent messages that sparked concern,...
Air quality plummets as wildfire smoke hits Alaska’s most populous cities
Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of the world’s worst air pollution in recent days,...