Study: Internet Freedom Worsens in Pakistan
A new independent study places Pakistan among the top four countries, including Brazil, Mexico and Syria, where people have been...
Countries Crack Down on Speech Online, Says Report
Around the world, Internet freedom is deteriorating, with some governments taking down their mobile Internet service, restricting live video streaming...
Silicon Valley Blasts US Senate Proposal to Tax Startup Options
A proposal by the U.S. Senate to change the way shares in startup companies are taxed incited panic and dread...
Shrinking GE Rattles Investors, Shares Hit 5-year Low
General Electric’s new Chief Executive John Flannery on Monday outlined steps that will turn the biggest U.S. industrial conglomerate into...
Google Broadens Takedown of Extremist YouTube Videos
Alphabet’s Google in the last few months has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or...
Mexico Readying Economic Response if US Exits NAFTA
Mexico’s government is preparing a macroeconomic response in case U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on threats to quit the...
Bipartisan Analysis: Senate Bill Would Hike Taxes for 13.8 Million
Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul would increase taxes for some 13.8 million...
EU Approves Sanctions, Arms Embargo Against Venezuela
The European Union has approved economic sanctions, including an arms embargo on Venezuela. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels announced...
Modern Technology Packs, Flies, Delivers Online Purchases
Flying drones are nothing new in the skies, but online retailers have been investing in them as a way to...
Poor Regions of Uganda Feeling the Heat of Climate Change
While climate change is being discussed this week in Germany, it’s being felt by farmers and ranchers around the world....
Venezuela Sets Foreign Debt Meeting for Monday Afternoon
Venezuela’s foreign debt renegotiation committee will meet with creditors at 2 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Monday at the government’s “White...
Emirates Airlines Orders 40 Boeing 787s in $15B Deal
Emirates Airlines agreed to buy 40 Boeing 787-10s in a deal worth more than $15 billion. The purchase was announced...
West Virginia Mine Sites Touted for Agriculture Potential
West Virginia could produce profitable niche crops grown on reclaimed mine sites. At least that’s what Nathan Hall, president of...
ANYmal Has Four Legs, Good Balance, and Batteries Included
Prepare to be amazed … and possibly terrified. Engineers in Zurich have created a four-legged robot that may one day...
US Again Raising Beef for Chinese Consumers
Ranchers in the Midwestern U.S. state of Nebraska are raising beef for tables in China, reopening trade suspended more than...
Cambodian Netizens Face New Risks as Government Tightens Online Controls
In Cambodia, one of Asia’s poorest countries, the rapid improvement in internet connectivity and availability of affordable smartphones has been...
Bots Battle for Ball, and Globe, in Robot Olympiad
The World Robot Olympiad, being held in Costa Rica this weekend, shows human athletes still have little to worry about:...
Venezuela’s Misery Could Worsen With Debt Default
Luber Faneitte has lung cancer but there’s no medicine to treat it. She cannot make ends meet. Crime is rampant...
Indian Wheat Makes History, Arriving in Afghanistan Via Iran
Afghanistan has received an inaugural consignment of wheat from India through an Iranian port, opening a new trade and transit...
Trump Leaves APEC, Arrives in Hanoi
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, Saturday evening for a state banquet, followed by a day of...
Happy ‘Singles Day’: Chinese Spend Billions in Annual Shopping Spree
Chinese consumers are spending billions of dollars shopping online for anything from diapers to diamonds on “Singles Day,” a day...
Grammar-Proofing Startup by Ukrainian Techies Helps Foreign Students
Some foreign students in U.S. schools find it challenging to submit grammatically correct, idiomatically accurate papers. So two former Ukrainian...
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