Bernard Madoff has asked for a “compassionate release” from his 150-year prison sentence for fraud, saying he has terminal kidney failure and less than 18 months to live.
China on Thursday announced tariff cuts on $75 billion of U.S. imports in response to American reductions as part of their truce in a trade war. The Ministry of Finance … Click to Continue »
Supporters of a proposal to decriminalize the use of certain psychedelic plants and fungi are one step closer to putting the measure on the ballot in the District of Columbia. … Click to Continue »
Japan's top automaker Toyota raised its annual forecast Thursday after cost cuts and healthy sales quadrupled quarterly profits from the previous year. As with other businesses that have operations in … Click to Continue »
Aspen! Zermatt! Kabul? While Afghanistan's capital may seem an unlikely destination for snowboarders, a group of young Afghans is looking to put the city on the winter sports map and … Click to Continue »
The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 2 p.m. A Hong Kong medical union has warned that its 20,000 members could resign en masse … Click to Continue »
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made his first overseas trip since Brexit on Thursday to faraway Australia, where he reaffirmed Britain's desire for a free trade deal and gave assurances … Click to Continue »
