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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police. The events of June 16, 1976 — now commemorated annually as Youth Day — are considered a turning point in South Africa’s liberation struggle against white minority rule. They ignited more demonstrations in various parts of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Capitol Hill said Monday they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced by President Donald Trump, and some are expressing skepticism as they ask the White House for details. The agreement announced Sunday to end the war in Iran, set for a ceremonial signing Friday in Geneva, is centered around reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the United […]

SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities apologised to investors on Monday for failing to secure an allocation of SpaceX shares in the U.S. company’s record-setting IPO, adding it would consider financial compensation for those affected. In a letter to clients reviewed by Reuters, Mirae Asset Securities co-CEOs Kim Mi-seob and Heo Sun-ho said that despite being qualified to offer SpaceX shares to Korean investors, the brokerage, […]

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering the NFL supplemental draft, multiple reports said Monday, which may put an end to a growing legal drama surrounding his college eligibility. Sorsby had until June 22 to decide whether to apply for the supplemental draft, which the league opens for players who miss the filing deadline for the standard draft or have college eligibility issues crop up. It is not clear, however, […]

June 16 (Reuters) – Drone debris caused a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, authorities said on Tuesday, as they closed a local road connecting the damaged area to the Crimean peninsula.  There were no casualties following the fire at the oil depot, located in the Poltavskaya area of the region of Krasnodar, just across from Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, the regional authorities said […]

MIAMI (AP) — A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship surrendered Monday after a federal judge reversed his decision on pretrial release now that the teen is charged as an adult. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami confirmed that Timothy Hudson is in custody. U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres filed the order to revoke Hudson’s pretrial release last Wednesday, but the […]

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) – Asian stocks inched up on Tuesday after rallying on the previous session on news of a peace deal between Iran and the U.S., as investors turned their focus to several central bank decisions including an expected rate hike from the Bank of Japan. Early trading in the region followed a familiar pattern, with markets settling into a more measured tone on […]

By Joe Cash BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) – Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Monday, his first trip to the neighbouring superpower since his party swept to election victory in March, and days after visiting Beijing’s regional rival India. The ousting of a Communist Party-led coalition government in Beijing’s backyard presents a conundrum to Chinese diplomats, who have been working to shore up vital […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held near 10-day lows on Tuesday as a deal to end the Middle East war buoyed risk appetite, with attention turning to central bank meetings in Japan and Australia to gauge if the peace deal came a little too late to ease near-term inflation concerns. The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise rates later in the day, […]