CAIRO — Ukrainian forces are operating in western Libya under a covert deal endorsed by the West, and they used the Northern African country’s territory to strike a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean last month, two Libyan officials said Tuesday. The Russian-flagged Arctic Metagaz, carrying 61,000 tons of liquefied natural gas, was badly damaged in...

An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Mike Segar | Reuters Shares of Apple sunk 4% Tuesday after reports that the company is facing engineering challenges with its highly anticipated foldable iPhones. “Apple and the supply chain are working under...

An American woman reportedly swept out to sea Saturday after falling from a dinghy boat during a Bahamas trip with her husband has been identified. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Lynette Hooker, 55, was on an 8-foot boat with her husband Brian, 58, when she...

A mother of newborn twins sheltering in a displacement centre in Lebanon said she was told to evacuate her home ahead of planned strikes by the Israeli army. “Our home was bombed, and everything I had prepared for the children was gone,” she told the BBC. Ghada is among more than one million displaced people...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun is heading to China on Tuesday at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she call it a “journey for peace” as Beijing calls for the self-ruled island to come under its control. The visit is the first by a Taiwanese opposition leader in a decade...

Activist investor Pershing Square said Tuesday it is planning to buy Universal Music Group in a cash and stock deal worth about 55.8 billion euros ($64.4 billion). Under the terms of the proposal, shareholders would receive a total of 9.4 billion euros ($10.85 billion) in cash and 0.77 shares of new stock for each share...

Voters in Wisconsin and northwest Georgia head to the polls Tuesday to decide a pair of races that will provide further clues about how the political environment is shaping up heading into this fall’s midterm elections. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In battleground Wisconsin, liberals...

Cheng Li-wun said she “gladly accepted” Xi Jinping’s invitation and hopes to be a “bridge for peace”. Source link