Pelosi demands Acosta resign over Epstein deal
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for President Donald Trump’s Labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, to resign amid renewed concerns over his handling of sex abuse...
PepsiCo’s mini-sized sodas boost quarterly results
PepsiCo Inc’s quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, boosted by higher sales of its traditional Pepsi soda as well as snacks...
Freed Australian denies North Korean spy charges, says no plans to return
The Australian student released last week after being detained in North Korea said on Tuesday Pyongyang’s accusation that he was a spy was “pretty obviously”...
David Attenborough says climate change will cause social unrest
Naturalist David Attenborough told British lawmakers on Tuesday it would be essential to stick to a new target to decarbonize the economy, warning that failure...
Smart locker pharmacy seeks to cut South Africa hospital queues
A South African engineer recently won the Royal Academy of Engineering 2019 Africa Prize for his smart locker invention, a system through which patients can...
U.S. appeals court says Trump cannot block Twitter followers
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 2018 lower court ruling that said President Donald Trump could not block people from following him on...
Halep steers steady path into Wimbledon semis
Former world number one Simona Halep reached her second Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday after overcoming an early onslaught to deliver another textbook example of matchplay...
Zimbabwe lawmaker charged with subversion over Mnangagwa threat
A Zimbabwe opposition lawmaker was charged on Tuesday with subversion, his lawyer said, after a video surfaced where he purportedly said President Emmerson Mnangagwa would...
Argentina’s pre-default president de la Rua dies at 81
Fernando de la Rua, who led Argentina through a debilitating economic depression that eventually led to the country’s record sovereign debt default, died on Tuesday...
U.S. billionaire Steyer enters 2020 Democratic presidential race
Billionaire Tom Steyer, who has pushed Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump and previously flirted with running for the White House, said on Tuesday he...