Beijing cut the holdings of US Treasuries by $6.8 billion in August, reaching the lowest level since May 2017, the latest data from the US Treasury Department, released on Wednesday, shows. Washington's trade war rival reduced its holdings of US government debt to $1.104 trillion in August from $1.110 trillion a month earlier. Since the...
Community toilets and a field for a pet dog are among the surprising items National Lottery winners have bought with their cash windfalls.
Two lawyers linked to the so-called Panama Papers are asking a US judge to stop Netflix's release of The Laundromat which they say depicts them as criminal masterminds.
A pride of Asiatic lions gingerly took their first steps into their new home on Wednesday, which has been specially created at Chester Zoo to help conserve the world's rarest species of the animal.
A man who paid the rent on a Dutch farmhouse where six members of a family were found locked away in a secret room will appear in court on Thursday on charges of unlawful detention and harming others' health, prosecutors said.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is being sued for libel and slander for calling a British rescue diver a “pedo,” has testified that he is short of funds. That's according to the accuser's lawyer in a legal filing seen by Bloomberg. The filing from the attorney of 63-year-old plaintiff Vernon Unsworth makes reference to “Musk's...
Moscow is aware of Turkey's concern but urges Ankara to balance its operation in Syria against the announced goals, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said after a closed-door session of the UN Security Council. The session was convened at the request of five European countries. “We understand Turkish national security concerns, but...
