Stocks edge lower, gold gains on slowdown, geopolitical fears
Equity markets struggled and safe-haven assets like gold were in demand on Friday as weak Chinese data stoked investor anxieties over a global growth slowdown...
Women in Switzerland have gone on strike
Women across Switzerland went on strike on Friday to highlight their wealthy nation’s poor record on female rights, recreating the passion of the first such...
U.N. chief calls for independent probe into Gulf tanker attacks
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for an independent investigation to establish the facts and who was responsible for attacks on two oil...
Iran fast-boats preventing towing of damaged Altair tanker: source
Iranian military fast-boats in the Gulf of Oman are preventing two privately owned tug boats from towing away an oil tanker damaged in attacks on...
Exclusive: Hong Kong police “trapped in the middle” by polarizing extradition bill
Several senior Hong Kong police officials feel caught between a rock and a hard place as city leader Carrie Lam tries to ram through contentious...
Picasso, Leger paintings seen fetching millions at London auction
Abstract paintings depicting the female form by Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger are expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars at auction when they...
Pastor-detective preaches death for ‘homos’
A Tennessee sheriff’s detective is on paid leave for comments made during his other job as a pastor, where he preached that homosexuals should be...
Broadcom’s $2 billion warning rattles global chip sector
Broadcom Inc sent a shockwave through the global chipmaking industry on Friday with its forecast that U.S.-China trade tensions and the ban on doing business...
Democratic contenders Biden, Sanders to face off in Miami debates
U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden will appear on the same stage with Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and six other rivals during the...
U.S. court rules against Trump administration in immigrant teen abortion case
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the U.S. government cannot deny access to abortions for unaccompanied immigrant minors in federal custody, delivering a...