US Marine charged with sexual assault weeks after missing teen was found in Camp Pendleton barracks
A US Marine at California's Camp Pendleton has been charged with sexual assault weeks after a missing 14-year-old was discovered in the military base's barracks, according to a charging document.
2023-08-17 16:45
Currency Traders Hang on Every Word as Tokyo Jawbones Yen
Traders are scrutinizing every word from Japanese currency officials with renewed intensity as nine straight days of declines
2023-08-17 16:24
Niger's neighbors running out of options as defense chiefs meet to discuss potential military force
Analysts say regional countries are facing a crisis of legitimacy as they run out of options and time to restore democratic rule in Niger after soldiers ousted the president last month
2023-08-17 16:21
Britney Spears’ husband files for divorce 14 months after a they were married
A person close to Britney Spears' husband Sam Asghari says the model and actor has filed to divorce the pop superstar
2023-08-17 15:58
Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari split, US media say
The couple married in June 2022 soon after the termination of the pop star's conservatorship.
2023-08-17 15:58
China's Xi calls for patience as Communist Party tries to reverse economic slump
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said the West’s pursuit of material wealth led to “spiritual poverty.”
2023-08-17 15:56
Israeli troops kill a Palestinian in a gunbattle outside a West Bank bakery
Israeli forces raided a home above a bakery in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank, killing a Palestinian man in a gunbattle
2023-08-17 15:20
China's government tries to defuse economic fears after real estate developer's debt struggle
China’s government is trying to reassure jittery homebuyers after a major real estate developer missed a payment on its multibillion-dollar debt, reviving fears about the industry’s shaky finances and their impact on the struggling Chinese economy
2023-08-17 15:19
Chinese asset manager eyes restructuring to ease liquidity crunch amid contagion fears
By Jason Xue and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/HONG KONG Faced with a liquidity crisis, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group will conduct
2023-08-17 15:16
Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks churches and homes of minority Christians
Police say they have arrested more than 100 Muslim rioters from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christian man had attacked churches and homes of minority Christians
2023-08-17 14:59
'Bored Apes' investors sue Sotheby's, Paris Hilton and others as NFT prices collapse
A group of investors is suing Sotheby's auction house and others over the promotion of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs following a collapse in prices for the celebrity-endorsed collectibles.
2023-08-17 14:54
Olympic triathletes test swimming in the Seine
By Yiming Woo PARIS Olympic triathletes tested swimming in the Seine in Paris on Wednesday, 10 days after
2023-08-17 14:49