Japan’s Bid to End Whaling Ban is Top Issue at Conference
Japan will once again try to get the international ban on whale hunting overturned at the global conference of the...
Canada’s Freeland to Hold NAFTA Talks Tuesday as Time Runs Short
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Tuesday for another round of...
Survey: Number of Americans Getting News on Social Media Slows
About two-thirds of American adults say they occasionally get their news from social media, according to a survey released Monday...
Creditors Warn Greece on Debt Relief as Inspectors Return
Greece’s lead creditor warned the country on Monday not to stray from reforms agreed upon before the end of its...
Zimbabwe Finance Minister: Reviving Economy is ‘Herculean’ Task
Zimbabwe’s new finance minister has described his task of reviving the country’s moribund economy as extraordinarily difficult, but he is...
Tiwa the Talking Monkey Uses Tech to Help Revive Nigerian Folk Tales
A stuffed toy monkey called Tiwa holds some of Nigeria’s oldest folk tales and is helping to revive the traditional...
Ford Says It Will Not Move Small Car Production from China to US
Ford says it has no plans to move production of a small car from China to the United States despite...
Flush From End of Bailout, Greek PM Announces Tax Breaks
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday unveiled plans for tax cuts and pledged spending to heal years of painful austerity, less than...
Trump: Apple Can Avoid Tariffs by Shifting Production to US
President Donald Trump concedes that some Apple Inc. products may become more expensive if his administration imposes “massive” additional tariffs...
Trump Says US, Japan Have Begun Talks on Trade
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Japan have begun discussion over trade, saying that Tokyo...
China’s August Trade Surplus With US Hits Record $31 Billion
China’s trade surplus with the United States reached a record $31 billion in August, despite hefty tariffs recently imposed on...
Converting Body Heat Into Electricity to Power Sensors
The number of wearable technologies that use sensors as medical tools to track a person’s well-being – is on the...
Body Heat Converted Into Electricity Powers Health Sensors
There has been an increasing number of wearable technologies that have health sensors as medical tools to track a person’s...
Trump Threatens to Tax Virtually All Chinese Imports to US
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on another $267 billion worth Chinese imports, which would cover virtually...
Modest Premium Hikes Expected as ‘Obamacare’ Stabilizes
Millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will see only modest premium increases next year, and some will...
US Adds Strong 201K Jobs; Unemployment Stays at 3.9 Percent
Hiring picked up in August as U.S. employers added a strong 201,000 jobs, a sign of confidence that consumers and...
Twitter Bans Jones, ‘Infowars,’ Citing Abuse
Twitter has permanently banned far-right media personality Alex Jones for violating its policy against “abusive behavior.” Jones, who is known...
How Artificial Intelligence is Powering the US Open
Tennis fans have descended on New York to watch the world’s best players at the US Open — one of...
Facebook, Twitter, Step Up Defenses Ahead of Midterm Election
Facebook and Twitter executives defended their efforts to prevent Russian meddling in U.S. midterm elections before congressional panels Wednesday. The...
Warnings of Huge Disruption as Britain Prepares for Possible Cliff-Edge Brexit
Britain risks huge disruptions to its economy and society, including trade, transport, health care and citizens’ rights, if it leaves...
Canada’s Strong-willed Foreign Minister Leads Trade Talks
She is many things that would seem to irritate President Donald Trump: a liberal Canadian former journalist. That makes Foreign...
Trump Team, Canada Officials Resume Talks to Revamp NAFTA
Trump administration officials and Canadian negotiators are resuming talks to try to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc...
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