United News of Bangladesh

Washington, Jul 18 (AP/UNB)  — Congress is heading for a showdown with President Donald Trump after the House voted on Wednesday to block his administration from selling billions of dollars in weapons and maintenance support to Saudi Arabia.

Los Angeles , Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — The agency overseeing California's legal marijuana market has been overmatched by the job and is struggling to hire sufficient staff and set an overall strategy for the nation's largest cannabis economy, an audit found.

New York, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. stocks extended their losses into a second day on Wednesday as railroad operator CSX had its biggest drop in 11 years, pulling other industrial companies down with it.

New York, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) —  Stock indexes were posting slight losses in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as a sharp drop for railroad operator CSX pulled other industrial companies lower.

Chantilly, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration is objecting to France's plan to tax Facebook, Google and other U.S. tech giants, a rift that's overshadowing talks between seven longtime allies this week on issues ranging from digital currencies to trade.

Shanghai, July 17 (Xinhua/UNB)  -- China's leading heavy equipment manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. forecasted significant profit growth in the first half of 2019.

Tokyo, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) — Global stocks were mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street ended a five-day winning streak following disappointing corporate earnings reports.

Tokyo, July 17 (AP/UNB) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as Wall Street ended a five-day winning streak after the first big round of corporate earnings reports.

Ankara, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — The European Union's approval of an initial set of sanctions against Turkey won't deter the country from pressing ahead with efforts to drill for hydrocarbons off the island of Cyprus, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

London, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — The favorite to become Britain's next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has raised the Brexit stakes by saying he will discard a contentious part of the European Union divorce deal agreed by outgoing leader Theresa May.