APRIL 11, 2019
Uber released its long-awaited IPO prospectus, tacking another near-term market debut onto a busy IPO season. The company will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol UBER.
The company has self-reported unaudited financials for several quarters — one of the few tech giants expected to debut this year to do so. That means the public...
APRIL 11, 2019
In this April 10, 2019, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. - Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country...
APRIL 11, 2019
Assange was arrested Thursday morning after his asylum status was withdrawn.
A senior Ecuadorian official said no decision has been made to expel Julian Assange from the country's London embassy despite tweets from Wikileaks that sources had told it he could be kicked out within "hours to days." A small group of protesters and supporters gathered Thursday April...
APRIL 11, 2019
Pope Benedict XVI finishes his last general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Feb. 27, 2013. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo)
ROME —Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Benedict XVI has written a lengthy letter devoted to clerical sex abuse in which he attributes the crisis to a breakdown of church and societal moral...
APRIL 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - US attorney general William Barr told lawmakers on Tuesday that large criminal organizations based in India are among those scamming the elderly in America and that he had set up a strike force to combat the growing menace that he called a “sleeping giant” of frauds.
US authorities have indicated and prosecuted many Indians for...
APRIL 10, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Mumbai Indians 198 for 7 (Pollard 83, Shami 3-21) beat Kings XI Punjab 197 for 4 (Rahul 100*, Gayle 63, Hardik 2-57) by three wickets
MUMBAI - Kieron Pollard's 83 off 31 balls eclipsed Chris Gayle's storming 63 and KL Rahul's unbeaten century, as Mumbai Indians' stand-in captain single-handedly took on a chase of 198 and...
APRIL 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House April 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. President El-Sisi is visiting Washington for bilateral talks with President Trump. Trump answered questions from the press about his immigration policy. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty...
APRIL 9, 2019
The Netherlands has its first resident wolf population in 140 years, according to ecologists.
Wolves were hunted out of many European countries over a century ago but have gradually been migrating back across the continental mainland.
Occasional wolf sightings have been made in the Netherlands since 2015.
But these animals were previously thought to be animals that had crossed over...
APRIL 9, 2019
Health officials are warning of "a serious global health threat" from a drug-resistant superbug fungus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the fungus, Candida auris, has already sickened hundreds of people in the United States.
Candida auris, which preys on people with weakened immune systems, was first identified in 2009 and first seen in this country in...
APRIL 9, 2019
The Department of Defense has awarded nearly $1 billion in contracts to two companies for construction related to a wall along the southern border, the first such contracts to be awarded since President Trump declared a national emergency.
According to a notice on the Pentagon's website, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $789 million contract to the company...
