CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand): New Zealand imposed a ban on assault weapons yesterday, moving swiftly following the Christchurch massacre and triggering renewed calls from leading American politicians for gun controls in the United States. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons were now banned with immediate effect, making
BEIJING: A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China yesterday, injuring at least 12 people and shattering the windows of nearby buildings, officials and state media said. The blast occurred at around 2:50 pm at a chemical facility run by Tianjiayi Chemical in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, city officials
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks finished a volatile session mostly lower on Wednesday following a dovish Federal Reserve decision, while the pound dropped amid Brexit chaos as Britain tries to avoid a damaging no-deal exit. US stocks rallied shortly after the Fed kept interest rates unchanged and released a forecast
MENE GRANDE: Greasy slicks continue to darken the ground in Mene Grande, a modest town where Venezuela’s oil boom was born more than a century ago. But now the days of crude glory are gone, replaced by desolation. The asphalt on the roads is worn down. Water, cooking gas and
MIAMI: World number one Naomi Osaka refused on Wednesday to become embroiled in a dispute with one of her former coaches who is suing her for 20 percent of her career earnings. Christophe Jean, who helped the Japanese two-time Grand Slam champion when she was a junior, wants at least
LOS ANGELES: Seven-time major champion Park In-bee, who ended a long break two weeks ago in Singapore, isn’t feeling any rust as she defends her title at this week’s LPGA Founders Cup. The 30-year-old South Korean star and reigning Olympic champion tees off in Thursday’s opening round at Wildfire Golf
WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve sent a strong signal the US economy is slowing, indicating Wednesday it will not raise the benchmark lending rate again this year amid a drop in spending and broader global uncertainty. It was an aggressive downshift that came as a shock to many economists, since as
NEW YORK : T.J. Dillashaw surrendered his UFC bantamweight crown on Wednesday after revealing a “adverse finding” in a doping test following a January loss in New York. The 33-year-old American was stopped by flyweight champion Henry Cejudo in 32 seconds at Brooklyn, where Dillashaw submitted the sample found in
ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Kazakhstan’s new interim president was sworn in Wednesday following the shock resignation of the country’s long-time ruler and immediately proposed renaming the capital after his predecessor. The Central Asian nation’s senate also appointed ex-leader Nursultan Nazarbayev’s eldest daughter Dariga as speaker, setting her up as a potential contender
NICE: French authorities have reopened a case against Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov and indicted him for tax fraud in connection with the suspicious purchase of five luxury villas in southern France, a prosecutor said Wednesday, “Mr. Kerimov was interviewed yesterday and charged with complicity to aggravated tax fraud,” prosecutor Jean-Michel