Brazil environment agency launches operation to combat Amazon deforestation
Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA on Wednesday launched its biggest-ever operation to tackle illegal logging that is accelerating Amazon deforestation amid a surge in tree-felling...
Insys to pay $225 million, plead guilty in U.S. over opioid kickbacks
Insys Therapeutics Inc agreed to pay $225 million and an operating unit will plead guilty to fraud to settle probes into their payment of kickbacks...
Trump administration moves to end U.S. research using fetal tissue from abortions
The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would end scientific research at the National Institutes of Health that relies on fetal tissue from elective abortions,...
House Democrat says support lacking for Trump impeachment inquiry
A top U.S. House Democratic committee chairman on Wednesday appeared to rule out any imminent impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, but vowed quick court...
Fiat Chrysler withdraws merger offer for Renault: WSJ
Fiat Chrysler has withdrawn its merger offer for Renault, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday....
Explainer: How the U.S. Congress could challenge Trump tariffs on Mexico
If President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose across-the-board tariffs on Mexican goods entering the United States, the U.S. Congress will likely...
Exclusive: Pentagon eyes rare earth supplies in Africa in push away from China
The U.S. Department of Defense has held talks with Malawi’s Mkango Resources Ltd and other rare earth miners across the globe about their supplies of...
Fiat Chrysler sales chief files whistleblower suit over SEC probe
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ U.S. sales chief Reid Bigland sued the Italian-American automaker claiming the company opted to withhold 90% of his 2018 compensation because he...
China’s panda diplomacy puts a smile on ‘best friend’ Putin’s face
Chinese President Xi Jinping presented two pandas to Moscow’s zoo at a ceremony with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, in a gesture the Russian president described...
On Normandy’s beaches, leaders and veterans recall sacrifice of D-Day
Western leaders and ageing veterans gather on the shores of France on Thursday in a second day of events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day,...