England pick rising star Corteen-Coleman, 18, for T20 World Cup
Uncapped left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman, 18, is included in England's squad for the Women's T20 World Cup starting in June.
BP reports huge profit rise in first quarter
British energy giant BP on Tuesday reported a sharp increase in profits in the first quarter as crude oil prices soared amid the Middle East war.
A witness describes the correspondents' dinner shooting and Jimmy Kimmel defends joke: Morning Rundown
The suspect in the correspondents’ dinner shooting is charged with attempting to assassinate the president.
Crude extends gains on Iran talks, stocks diverge on central bank meetings
Oil prices jumped Tuesday on lack of progress towards re-opening the Strait of Hormuz while stocks diverged as attention turned back to the outlook for interest rates and company earnings.
German rescuers launch new bid to free stranded whale
German rescuers launched a fresh bid Tuesday to free a humpback whale stranded for a month off the country's coast, aiming to transport the cetacean to deeper waters in a barge.
Townhouse fire in Gloucester Township under investigation
No casualties have been reported so far, but investigators from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office were on the scene.
Homeowner at Redhill Peninsula fined nearly HK$1 million for illegal structures
A Hong Kong court has fined the owner of a luxury home at Redhill Peninsula nearly HK$1 million (US$173,938), the harshest penalty to date for illegal structures discovered during a government inspection at the seaside estate three years ago.
Magistrate Tobias Cheng Yun-chung handed down a HK$980,000 fine on Tuesday on Future Ocean, which has owned House No 74 at Redhill Peninsula in Tai Tam since 2006.
Deborah Yuen Wai-ming is listed as the company’s director, and she lives in the house with...
The young walrus drawing crowds as he tours the Scottish coast
The young male - who has been named Magnus - was first seen in Orkney and has since been making a splash in the north-east of Scotland.
WNBA star Caitlin Clark to publish a children's book based on her life
Caitlin Clark is releasing a picture book this fall based on her life
Why Moody’s has raised China’s credit outlook amid Iran war shocks
A leading ratings agency that previously expressed concerns about China’s local debt woes has cast a vote of confidence in the world’s second-largest economy, raising the country’s sovereign credit outlook to “stable” from “negative”.
This week’s move by Moody’s Ratings was closely watched, as energy shocks from the US-Israel war in Iran have exacerbated concerns about the global economy’s trajectory.
The agency had dropped China’s sovereign rating from Aa3 to A1 in 2017, its first downgrade for...
Recall effort against Washington governor ends
Campaign finance activist Conner Edwards’ quixotic quest to recall Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson from office was intended to prod the governor into filling two vacant seats on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission. It worked. Late Friday, Ferguson appointed Teebah Alsaleh of Seattle, a lawyer for Microsoft, to the commission. Her selection came a week after […]
Energy security comes first for Indonesia as it defies EU over Russian oil
Jakarta’s move to press on with importing 150 million barrels of Russian oil despite latest EU sanctions against an Indonesian port underscores a growing divide between Western efforts to isolate Moscow and Asia’s push for energy security.
On Thursday, the European Commission announced its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which includes Indonesia’s Karimun Oil Terminal for its “connections with the shadow fleet and circumvention of the oil price cap”.
The sanction on Karimun, located in...