Gas line blast levels house in California, kills one and injures 15

A utility worker was killed and 15 other people were injured on Monday when a ruptured gas line triggered an explosion that leveled a house and shattered windows in nearby homes in the Southern California town of Murrieta, authorities said.

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Uber ties some executive pay to diversity goals

Uber wants to boost the number of female managers by tying some executive pay to diversity goals.

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Pakistan reopens airspace for civil aviation after India standoff

Pakistan's airspace has been reopened to civil aviation with immediate effect, its aviation authority said on Tuesday, following months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with neighboring India earlier this year.

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University of Alaska regents postpone 'financial-exigency' decision

Leaders of the University of Alaska, facing a 41% cut in state funding by the governor, on Monday postponed a decision to declare the academic equivalent of bankruptcy reorganization until the end of the month.

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Pakistan re-opens airspace for civil aviation

Pakistan's airspace has been re-opened to civil aviation with immediate effect, its aviation authority said on Tuesday following months of restrictions imposed in the wake of a standoff with neighboring India earlier this year.

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Japan trade minister blasts South Korea for 'mistaken' explanation after bilateral meeting

Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday it was "regrettable" that the South Korean government had made what he said was an erroneous explanation after the two sides sat down for a working-level meeting over Japan's export controls. Seko made the comment at a regular briefing in Tokyo.

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Government Restrictions on Religion Increasing Worldwide

Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe’s democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday.

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One dead, 15 injured in gas line blast that levels house in California

A utility worker was killed and 15 other people were injured on Monday in an explosion, apparently triggered by a ruptured natural gas line, that leveled a house in the Southern California town of Murrieta, authorities said.

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Guggenheim defeats lawsuit claiming it siphoned annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers

Guggenheim Partners won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it defrauded investors in a risky annuity, and siphoned cash for purposes including to help its billionaire chief executive Mark Walter buy the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.

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Pompeo hopes U.S., North Korea can be 'more creative' in nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he hoped both North Korea and the United States could "be a little more creative" as the two sides push to restart talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program.

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Three months after I was paralysed, I was back at work

When tech entrepreneur Hiroki Takeuchi was paralysed in a cycling accident, he was back in work just three months later.

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Philippines' top senator chides Iceland for abortion, U.N. drugs war probe

The Philippines' highest-ranking lawmaker said on Monday a U.N. resolution to probe the country's bloody war on drugs should be ignored, and its chief backer Iceland be investigated instead for human rights abuses in allowing abortion.

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Australian police identify remains of missing French backpacker

Australian police said on Monday they believed bones recently found in waters off an east coast beach are the remains of a Frenchman missing since February.

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Israel social impact bond to help Bedouins in maths studies

Social Finance Israel (SFI) has launched a social impact bond to improve maths performance for high school students in the country's Bedouin community.

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South Africa's Zuma to face corruption inquiry

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from grace for a politician who has cast a long shadow over the country's politics for the past decade.

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Trade negotiators wanted to fill Brexit gap

Liam Fox wants to train new trade negotiators. Opponents say it is a last-minute scramble.

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U.S. military identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan

A U.S. Army soldier killed in Afghanistan was identified on Sunday as decorated special forces company Sergeant Major James G. "Ryan" Sartor of Teague, Texas, the Department of Defense (DOD) said in a release.

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