Day: July 18, 2017
Court Begins Ruling In Major Thai Human Trafficking Trial
A Thai general is among more than 100 defendants facing a verdict Wednesday in a sprawling 2015 human trafficking case...
Foreign Food Chains Brave Risks For A Bite of Iran
For years, Iranians have had to put up with the likes of "Mash Donalds" and "Pizza Hat". Now real Western food...
Magic Johnson Dazzled By Lonzo Ball’s Magic For Lakers
Magic Johnson believes Lonzo Ball's dazzling performances in the Las Vegas Summer League are a shape of things to come...
Duterte Bodyguards Wounded In Philippine Ambush
Four of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bodyguards were shot and wounded on Wednesday by suspected communist...
Rwanda’s Essential Oils Offer Big Profits From Little Land
Inside a metal shed in southeastern Rwanda, Nicholas Hitimana brandished a plastic container holding a green liquid:...
Big Names In Fight For Form Coming Into British Open
While uncertainty surrounds the form of leading names such as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the British Open begins...
Rare Birth of Endangered Hairy-Nosed Wombat In Australia
The population of one of the world's rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat...
Dollar Struggles In Asia As Hong Kong Gains For Eighth Day
The dollar's travails extended into Wednesday as Donald Trump faces a battle to push through his much-vaunted economic...
Trump Lays Blame As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to...
Master Director of the Lethal Female
Long before he was the auteur behind some of the most spectacular, extravagant action movies ever made, Luc Besson was...
Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes
The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during...
After Six Chaotic Months, Can Trump Save His Presidency?
Donald Trump's first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that -- absent a...
US Seeks To Smooth Trade Relations With China In Talks
After riding a wave of anti-trade feeling to the White House, the Trump administration is taking a more traditional...
Cooper Left Out As Cheika Calls Up New Faces For Wallabies
A host of new faces were called up by Wallabies coach Michael Cheika on Wednesday for a training squad ahead of their...
Israeli ‘mental First-Aid’ Method Offered To Attack Victims Abroad
An Israeli who developed an unorthodox model for treating mental trauma and preventing post-traumatic stress disorder...
Astros’ Correa Sidelined With Thumb Injury
Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa faces up to two months on the sideline after suffering a torn thumb ligament,...
‘Loud Sound’ Prior To US Police Shooting Australian Woman
Police in the US state of Minnesota were startled by a loud sound prior to shooting an Australian woman who had called...
Trump Taps Jon Huntsman As US Ambassador To Russia
President Donald Trump has tapped veteran diplomat and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, the...
White House Reveals Additional Trump-Putin Discussion
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had an additional, previously undisclosed chat at this month's G20 summit in Hamburg,...