Escalating China-US spat 'will affect clean energy', damage collaboration

Mounting Sino-US trade tensions could affect clean energy collaboration between the two countries, and both sides should work together to address global climate change issues, an expert warned.

Five killed, dozens shot in 'violent night' for Chicago

WASHINGTON - Fortyfour people were shot across the Midwestern US city of Chicago on Sunday, US media reported, with five killed in a wave of violence police branded "totally unacceptable".

Virgin's healthcare stake revealed

British business group Virgin, which started out running a music label and chain of record stores in the 1970s, has become one of the country's leading healthcare providers after being awarded almost 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) worth of contracts in the National Health Service, or NHS, over the past five years, according to figures published by the Guardian newspaper.

Allies uneasy as US restores Iran sanctions

WASHINGTON/TEHERAN - As the US government readies to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord, its European allies fear greater regional instability

Venezuela detains 6 in failed drone attack against Maduro in Caracas

CARACAS - Venezuelan authorities announced on Sunday that they've arrested six individuals suspected of involvement in the alleged assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro.

11 children rescued from 'extremist' men

LOS ANGELES - Police said 11 children aged 1 to 15 were rescued in the US state of New Mexico after officers raided a dilapidated compound occupied by armed men with "extremist" beliefs.

Envoy expelled over 'interference'

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia on Monday ordered the Canadian ambassador to leave the kingdom within 24 hours after his nation criticized the recent arrest of "women's rights activists".

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Minister: EU is pushing no-deal Brexit

LONDON - UK trade minister Liam Fox said "intransigence" from the European Union was pushing Britain toward a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times.

Brazil Workers' Party names jailed Lula as candidate

SAO PAULO - Brazil's Workers' Party announced on Saturday that for the sixth time in its history, ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be its candidate in the Oct 7 presidential election.

Seventh person dies in California fires as White House declares 'major disaster'

CALIFORNIA - A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire on Saturday, officials said, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread.

Russia names movie star as envoy for US

MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made US actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.