Queues are forming at fainting couches, and nostrils are flaring with unconstrained indignation at Donald Trump's daily outrages - and there's no denying the man is a loathsome cretin. But when it comes to extrapolating this self-evident insight into into a broader critique of the alleged cravenness of the American political mind, I offer a word or two of caution.
The very foundations of the caliphate appear to be crumbling. Territories once enjoyed by the "Islamic State", and brutally enforced public support are, perhaps for the first time, under serious threat.
First-time mother Yvonne Lam Ho-yi didn’t expect she would have to hide in order to breastfeed her newborn son in public.
Hong Kong has emerged the top offender in a new international study that found unhealthy foods are the most promoted products in online supermarket circulars around the world.
Mainland Chinese markets closed at a three-week high on Thursday as both traders and volatility returned from a week-long holiday to play catch up with recent global rallies.
Chinese tourists are likely to have spent at record levels over the country's week-long National Day holiday, shrugging off the darkening outlook over its economy and the impact of a punishing stock market rout earlier in the year.
Oil prices fell Thursday as worries that global supply might surpass demand persisted.
U.S. stocks ended lower amid lackluster quarterly results Tuesday, as investors were looking for excuses to lock in gains after the Nasdaq Composite Index's three-session record run.
Chicago Board of Trade(CBOT) wheat, soybeans futures plunged on Wednesday as speculators took profits from sharp rally in the previous session amid improving weather forecasts in the U.S. Midwest, while corn was little changed.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped slightly Wednesday in weak pre-Thanksgiving trade.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday pulled back from last Friday's strong rally, as the U.S. dollar rebounded and the Dow and S&P set new intraday record highs.
U.S. stocks managed to close higher on Monday, despite disappointing quarterly earnings from tech giant International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose Tuesday as U.S. equities and dollar fell.
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it predicts unemployment in Algeria to to hit 10.8 percent in 2014, compared to 9.8 percent in 2013.
Chicago agricultural commodities dropped across the board Thursday.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Tuesday as data showed U.S. manufacturing expanded in August at its strongest pace in more than three years.
About 1.65 million heart- related deaths per year can be attributed to sodium consumption above the World Health Organization's recommendation of 2.0g per day, a new study said Wednesday.
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