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Authorities issue warrant of arrest for ANC's Ace Magashule

FILE PHOTO: ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule gives a press briefing, February 13, 2018. /VCG Photo South African authorities on Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against Ace Magashule, the

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Mexican President Obrador urges review of U.S. drug cooperation

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, March 17, 2020. /Reuters Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sai

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Hearings begin in Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee’s accounting fraud trial

The trial of Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee, who is accused of accounting fraud and stock price manipulating, held its first hearing today at the Seoul Central District Court.The Seoul Central District Cou

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These animals may be vulnerable to COVID-19 - and could re-infect humans

The animals could end up spreading the disease, or become reservoirs for the virus, re-introducing it to the human population.

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Apple opens up — slightly — on Hong Kong’s national security law

After Beijing unilaterally imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on July 1, many saw the move as an effort by Beijing to crack down on dissent and protests in the semi-autonomous region.Soo

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Hong Kong police stress respect for freedom of the press

Hong Kong police have reiterated that they always respect the freedom of the press, speech and publication, saying an operation on Monday was conducted in accordance w

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HSBC profits dive 67%, hit by pandemic and China-U.S. trade tensions

A sign of the London-headquartered HSBC displayed in the UK. /VCG HSBC's post-tax profits plunged by 69 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2020, recorded at 3.1 billion U.S. dollars. Th

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Lyft expands its rental business with Sixt partnership

Lyft continues to expand beyond its core ride-hailing business into bikes, scooters, transit and now rental cars. The company said Thursday that it’s taking Lyft Rentals, a pilot program that l

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One dead in shooting at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville

One person died and another was injured in a shooting late on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky's Jefferson Square Park, which has become a center for protests against the police killing of a Black wo

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What's behind the Huawei executive extradition case?

04:18 The Chinese Foreign Ministry has called for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's immediate release, insisting the charges are politically-motivated and are not legal. Meng w

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Apple to shut some U.S. stores again due to rising COVID-19 cases

Customers distance before entering an Apple Store during phase one of reopening after the COVID-19 lockdown in New York City, New York, U.S. June 17, 2020. /Reuters Apple Inc said on Friday it

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After reopening, Apple is closing stores in four states as COVID-19 numbers climb

Apple today confirmed earlier rumors that it plans to shut down re-opened stores in four states. Impacted locations include six stores in Arizona, two in Florida, another two in North Carolina and one

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South Korean court denies prosecutors’ arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Jay Lee

A South Korean court denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Group heir apparent Jay Y. Lee, saying that although prosecutors’ secured “a considerable amount of evidence,” it was stil

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South Korean court denies arrest warrant request for Samsung chief

A South Korean court on Tuesday denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong after prosecutors accused him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation.The Seoul

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Budget devices are still the heart of Motorola’s portfolio

People were already buying fewer handsets well before COVID-19 came into our lives. Now that the pandemic has impacted most of the world, however, those figures have taken an even more sizable dip — w

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Nelson Mandela Foundation calls for end to "structural violence" against black people in U.S.

Nelson Mandela Foundation on Thursday condemned police brutality against the black people in the United States, where the death of African American George Floyd has set

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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant against Samsung heir Jay Lee

South Korean prosecutors said on Thursday that they have filed an arrest warrant for Samsung’s vice chairman and anointed heir Jay Y. Lee and two other former company executives over an alleged