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Raytheon to pay $950 mn over fraud, bribery schemes: US

Raytheon to pay $950 mn over fraud, bribery schemes: US

Raytheon, a subsidiary of major American defense contractor RTX, will pay more than $950 million to resolve fraud and bribery charges, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday.

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Fiery Harris uses testy Fox interview to claim break from Biden

Fiery Harris uses testy Fox interview to claim break from Biden

A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden's presidency Wednesday in a feisty interview with right-wing Fox News as she sought to reach Republican voters wary of Donald Trump.

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Water crisis threatening world food production: report

Water crisis threatening world food production: report

Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world's food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday.

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Mexico's ex-security chief sentenced to over 38 years in US prison

Mexico's ex-security chief sentenced to over 38 years in US prison

Mexico's former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in a US prison on Wednesday for aiding the very drug cartels he was tasked with dismantling.

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One Direction's Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel

One Direction's Liam Payne falls to death at Argentina hotel

British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the best-selling pop group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentine police said.

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Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say

Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say

Climate change, along with rapid urbanisation and deforestation, turbocharged floods in Nepal that killed more than 240 people last month, scientists said on Thursday.

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Alcaraz will face 'difficult' clash with 'idol' Nadal

Alcaraz will face 'difficult' clash with 'idol' Nadal

Carlos Alcaraz admitted Wednesday it will be a "difficult moment" facing "idol" Rafael Nadal on Thursday as the Spanish superstars clash for the final time.

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US says India has removed alleged agent in assassination plot

US says India has removed alleged agent in assassination plot

The United States said Wednesday it had been informed by India that an intelligence operative accused of directing an assassination plot on US soil is no longer in government service.

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Barca hit nine in Women's Champions League, Bayern overcome Juve

Barca hit nine in Women's Champions League, Bayern overcome Juve

Barcelona bounced back from an opening-day defeat to thrash Hammarby 9-0 in the Women's Champions League on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich fought to a 2-0 win at Juventus.

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Harris courts Trump-skeptic Republicans with Fox interview

Harris courts Trump-skeptic Republicans with Fox interview

Kamala Harris was set to reach out to hesitant Republican voters in an interview Wednesday on conservative Fox News, while slamming Donald Trump for branding himself the "father of IVF" on the same network.

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