Reckitt picks PepsiCo executive as next CEO
British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser on Wednesday named PepsiCo executive Laxman Narasimhan as its next chief executive officer, to succeed Rakesh Kapoor....
BAT sees further growth in vaping, e-cigarette products this year
British American Tobacco, the world’s No. 2 tobacco company, on Wednesday forecast sales of vaping and e-cigarette products to accelerate in the second half of...
Explainer: Why proposed changes to Hong Kong’s extradition law are fuelling protests
Hong Kong’s government has indefinitely delayed the second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China...
‘Delay means defeat’: Johnson commits to October Brexit deadline
Boris Johnson, favorite to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, will commit on Wednesday to taking Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31, warning...
Factbox: Die-hard eurosceptic or opportunist? Boris Johnson’s views on the EU
Boris Johnson, the front-runner to be Britain’s next prime minister, was the face of the official campaign to leave the European Union. But he has...
MLB roundup: Pence’s inside-the-park HR propels Rangers
Hunter Pence hit an inside-the-park home run, and the Texas Rangers defeated the host Boston Red Sox 9-5 on Tuesday night....
Berlin startup Adjust raises $227 million in bet on mobile ad growth
Adjust, a Berlin startup specializing in audience measurement and fraud prevention in mobile advertising, said on Wednesday it had raised $227 million to invest in...
Kim Jong Un’s sister to visit DMZ separating two Koreas, Seoul says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister will visit the demilitarized zone separating the North from the South on Wednesday to pay her condolences to...
Hong Kong protests send stocks lower, spark scramble for cash
Hong Kong’s financial markets came under pressure on Wednesday, with stocks falling and demand for cash surging, as protests against the territory’s controversial extradition shut...
Missing British hiker found dead in New Zealand: police
The body of a 49-year-old British hiker who went missing nearly two weeks ago on a mountain range in New Zealand was found on Wednesday,...