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US leaves UN Human Rights Council

The United States announced Tuesday it was leaving the United Nations' Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it ``an organization that is not worthy of its name.'' It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution. Haley, Trump's envoy to the U.N., said the U.S. had given the human rights body ``opportunity after op...

Americas | 2018-06-20 07:54

EU says it's committed to Human Rights Council

UN chief laments US withdrawing from rights council

General Electric to drop out of Dow Jones index

A decade and a half ago GE was the world's most valuable public company. But it foundered in several key industrial markets in recent years, and a diversion into financial services steered it into the eye of the global financial crisis in 2008.

Americas | 2018-06-20 16:44

Thailand carries out first execution since 2009

Thailand carried out its first execution in nine years, putting to death a man who killed a teenager for his mobile phone, in a move that has drawn condemnation from rights groups.

Asia Pacific | 2018-06-20 16:43

Biotech billionaire takes control of Los Angeles Times

Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong took over Monday as the new owner of the Los Angeles Times and immediately named respected journalist Norman Pearlstine as top editor.

Americas | 2018-06-19 15:20

Rising US rapper XXXTentacion shot dead in Florida

The 20-year-old rising star, whose real name is Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was pronounced dead Monday evening at a Fort Lauderdale-area hospital, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. He was shot earlier outside a Deerfield Beach motorcycle dealership.

Americas | 2018-06-19 14:46

3 killed, dozens injured after powerful quake strikes western Japan

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck shortly after 8 a.m. north of Osaka at a depth of about 13 kilometers, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The strongest shaking was north of Osaka, but the quake rattled large parts of western Japan, including Kyoto, the agency said.

Asia Pacific | 2018-06-18 10:00

US expected to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council

Talks with the United States over how to reform the main U.N. rights body have failed to meet Washington’s demands, activists and diplomats say, suggesting that the Trump administration will quit the Geneva forum whose session opens on Monday.

Americas | 2018-06-17 12:39

Trade war tensions rise as China hits back at US

China fired back Saturday in a spiraling trade dispute with President Donald Trump by raising import duties on a $34 billion list of American goods including soybeans, electric cars and whiskey. The government said it was responding in ``equal scale'' to Trump's tariff hike on Chinese goods in a conflict over Beijing's trade surplus and technology policy that companies worry ...

Policies | 2018-06-17 10:01

Escalating US-China trade war wreaks havoc on Korea

Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone under probe for sexual assault

"A case was presented today by the Santa Monica Police Department regarding Sylvester Stallone," Greg Risling, a spokesman at the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, told AFP.

Americas | 2018-06-14 15:26

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