Oil prices fall 1% as economic worries outweigh tanker tensions
Oil prices slipped more than 1% on Monday as signs of an economic slowdown amid international trade disputes began to outweigh supply fears stoked by...
Boeing dealt new blow as Airbus launches long-range A321
Boeing suffered a fresh setback on the opening of the Paris Airshow on Monday as its engine supplier announced a delay for the U.S. planemaker’s...
Pfizer bolsters cancer portfolio with $10.64 billion deal for Array
Pfizer Inc said on Monday it would acquire Array Biopharma Inc for $10.64 billion in cash to beef up its cancer portfolio as it faces...
Activists revisit Stonewall to rekindle its spark
A police raid on a New York City bar in 1969 galvanized what would become an American gay rights movement that fifty years later can...
From poo to food: Kenyan toilet waste key for new animal feed
Kenyan farmer Victor Kyalo’s chickens have doubled the number of eggs they are laying. The reason: Human excrement....
China’s President Xi to visit North Korea this week
Chinese President Xi Jinping will go to North Korea on Thursday for two days, state media in both countries reported on Monday, making him the...
China won’t allow Hong Kong leader to step down despite mass unrest: HK official
Beijing won’t let Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, step down even if she wanted to, a senior city government official close to her said on...
China stands by Hong Kong leader after days of street protests
China doubled down on its support for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday after days of protests in the Chinese-ruled city over a planned...
Indonesia becomes latest Southeast Asian country to return waste to the West
Indonesia has sent back a consignment of Canadian paper waste, imported via the United States, because it was contaminated with material including plastic, rubber and...
Israel urges more sanctions on Iran if it breaches uranium limit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Monday to step up sanctions against Iran swiftly should it go through with a plan to...