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Cuba’s Raul Castro dismisses harsher US tone under Trump

Cuban President Raul Castro denounced President Donald Trump’s tougher line on relations with Havana on Friday.

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China closed-door policy meeting fuels speculation that it’s building its financial ‘super regulator’

Speculation is rife that China could create a “super regulator” at a major policy meeting this weekend as part of its efforts to curb risk in its financial system.

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Pimco added US Treasury securities this week, CIO Ivascyn says

Bond firm Pacific Investment Management Co added longer-term U.S. Treasury securities to its portfolio this week.

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Ashley Madison parent in $11.2 million settlement over data breach

The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website said on Friday it will pay $11.2 million to settle U.S. litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users.

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Two German tourists stabbed to death on Egyptian beach

An Egyptian man stabbed two German tourists to death and wounded four others on Friday at a popular seaside vacation spot on the Red Sea.

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An ex-Soviet counterintelligence officer was in the Donald Trump Jr meeting

A Russian-born lobbyist who was at the meeting with Donald Trump Jr. was once a Soviet counterintelligence officer.

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Underground success

How an IT worker quit his day job, and despite having no ideas to begin with, launched a firm from home that made him a multi-millionaire.

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When cash is king

Visa may have declared a war on cash but there are still moments when nothing else works quite as well

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Pentagon says head of Islamic State in Afghanistan has been killed

The head of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, was killed in an airstrike, the Pentagon said Friday.

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Formula One gears up for millennials

Formula One hosted its first-ever live event in the heart of London to attract a younger, bigger audience.