HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered property developer China Evergrande Group to liquidate after it was unable to reach a restructuring… ( Read More )
Paris prepares for angry farmers demanding fairer compensation for their labor, better policies
PARIS — France‘s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital,… ( Read More )
Box office quiet on weekend with ‘The Beekeeper’ and Oscar boosts
Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American… ( Read More )
German train drivers will end a 6-day strike early and resume talks with the railway operator
BERLIN — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s national railway operator, German news… ( Read More )
Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport’s expansion for private planes
LONDON — Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of… ( Read More )
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing Max 9 jetliners again and United flies plane on Saturday
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one… ( Read More )
18th-century painting stolen in 1969 recovered in Utah
A 1784 painting by Britain’s John Opie stolen in New Jersey by a trio of convicted mobsters was retrieved in Utah and returned to the… ( Read More )
Microsoft warns that Russian hackers’ target list wider than previously known
Software giant Microsoft said it discovered that the Russian hackers who breached its executives’ emails have also targeted other organizations, revealing more potential victims were… ( Read More )
Vince McMahon resigns from WWE after former employee Janel Grant files sex abuse lawsuit
STAMFORD, Conn. — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company the day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him… ( Read More )
Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program
MIDDLESEX, Vt. — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the… ( Read More )