JUNE 9, 2018
Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after President Donald Trump's latest threat to China increased fears of an impending trade war between the world's largest economies.
The Dow was down more than 300 points after sinking more than 400 points earlier, with Boeing, DowDuPont and Caterpillar lagging. The 30-stock index erased all of its gains for the year.
The S&P 500...
JUNE 19, 2018
FILE - In this Friday, April 20, 2018, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks during a rally at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. A federal judge has ruled Kansas cannot require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, a setback for Kobach in a case with national implications for voting rights. (AP...
JUNE 19, 2018
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, arrives for a UN Security Council meeting, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on April 14, 2018. The UN Security Council on Saturday opened a meeting at Russia's request to discuss military strikes carried out by the United States, France and Britain on Syria in response to a...
JUNE 18, 2018
Light-fingered passengers flying first and business class are behind a mile-high pilfering epidemic, filching the high-value luxury treats available in their opulent cabins.
Some airlines are now reassessing their offerings available to their top-notch customers that include luxury blankets, pyjamas and designer perfume bottles that are exiting their planes, along with the passengers, on a grand scale.
Virgin Airlines is missing 1,700...
JUNE 18, 2018
FIE PHOTO: In this June 15, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, in Washington.- AP Photos/Evan Vucci
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump accused immigrants in Europe of "violently" changing the culture on Monday and said people should be wary of the same thing happening in the United States, as...
JUNE 18, 2018
US president Donald Trump shakes hand with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017. Trump’s tariff threats have not been well received in China.- AFP/Getty Images
BEIJING - Chinese state media has attacked the White House for escalating the prospect of a trade war, calling the administration of president Donald Trump “selfish” and “rude” and “mundane”...
JUNE 18, 2018
The timing of the exercises is likely to raise eyebrows after US President Donald Trump announced he had cancelled long-running joint drills between Washington and Seoul - SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
SEOUL – South Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practice defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast, a pair of rocky outcroppings that...
JUNE 16, 2018
The changes, which are likely to be rolled out on July 6, were made with an aim to simplify the visa application process for international students going to the UK to study.
The changes, which are likely to be rolled out on July 6, were made with an aim to simplify the visa application process for international...
JUNE 16, 2018
Elizabeth Holmes had become a darling of Silicon Valley, as she promoted what she claimed as a simple blood test that would revolutionize and personalize health care. - Photo Credit: Carlos Chavarria for The NY Times
Elizabeth Holmes, the college dropout who founded the blood-testing company Theranos, and the firm's ex-president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani were indicted Friday on...
JUNE 16, 2018
President Trump’s praise Friday for Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian rule in North Korea — and his apparent envy that people there “sit up at attention” when the 35-year-old dictator speaks — marked an escalation of the American president’s open embrace of totalitarian leaders around the world.
Reflecting on his impressions of Kim following their Singapore summit, Trump told...
