JERUSALEM — Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said today it is buying Dublin-based Allergan PLC’s generic pharmaceuticals business for $40.5 billion, in what Israe...
Iran nuke deal faces heavy fire
WASHINGTON — Fresh from a spirited defense of the Iranian nuclear deal on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State John Kerry is selling the accor...
[naviga:h3]Prince George marks birthday[/naviga:h3]
LONDON — Prince George celebrates his second birthday today and while he’s just a toddler, he’s already made an impre...
Vatican hosts meeting today
VATICAN CITY — One city banned Styrofoam. Another has the highest percentage of “clean” cars in Europe. Still another has cut greenhouse gas e...
MILAN — Elio Fiorucci, founder of the Fiorucci brand that pioneered stretch jeans and exemplified the youthful, graphic ethos of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at age 80....
Finance scandal inflated profits
TOKYO — Toshiba’s chief executive is stepping down to take responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese techno...
Billionaire backs ambitious project
LONDON — Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian-born billionaire Yuri Milner on Monday announced an ambitious bid to combine v...
Plane was shot down 1 year ago
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Her voice cracking with emotion, Asmaa Aljuned delivered a parting message Friday that her late husband never got...
U.S., Iran make concessions
WASHINGTON — The nuclear accord with Iran required a difficult series of compromises for world powers and Tehran.
For President Barack Obama, ...
Elaborate scheme aids his escape
ALMOLOYA, Mexico — Mexico’s most prized prisoner paced his cell, first to the latrine, then the shower, then the bed. At every turn aroun...
