Posts by Newsmaker

UK Trade Minister: EU Is Pushing Britain to No-deal Brexit

UK Trade Minister: EU Is Pushing Britain to No-deal Brexit

British Trade Minister Liam Fox said “intransigence” from the European Union was pushing Britain toward a no-deal Brexit, in an interview...

Election Crackdown Runs Into Speed-tweeting Human ‘Bots’

Election Crackdown Runs Into Speed-tweeting Human ‘Bots’

Nina Tomasieski logs on to Twitter before the sun rises. Seated at her dining room table with a nearby TV...

New Era in Space: NASA Astronauts Fly Commercial Spacecraft

New Era in Space: NASA Astronauts Fly Commercial Spacecraft

A new era in American spaceflight was unveiled Friday, with NASA presenting the flight crews that will carry out the...

Polish Beekeepers Concerned When Banned Chemicals Temporarily Approved

Polish Beekeepers Concerned When Banned Chemicals Temporarily Approved

Honeybees are essential to our food supply, but bee colonies around the world are declining. Among the main culprits are...

Chinese Proposed Tariffs Aim at US Energy Dominance Agenda

Chinese Proposed Tariffs Aim at US Energy Dominance Agenda

China’s targeting of U.S. liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports opens a new front in the trade war between...

African Small Businesses, Farmers Get Protection with Micro-Insurance

African Small Businesses, Farmers Get Protection with Micro-Insurance

George Kamau Githome uses a feather duster to clean off hardware and bootleg movies displayed for sale at his kiosk...

From Cancers to Obesity, Small Implant May Replace Life-Saving Drugs

From Cancers to Obesity, Small Implant May Replace Life-Saving Drugs

Remembering to take medications can be challenging for some people. But one day an implant may replace medications that need...

US Unemployment Drops Slightly; Job Growth Slows

US Unemployment Drops Slightly; Job Growth Slows

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped slightly in July, while job gains were lower than many analysts predicted. Friday’s report from...

Pakistani Engineer Turns Straw Waste Into Fuel

Pakistani Engineer Turns Straw Waste Into Fuel

A Pakistani engineer has designed a system to help developing countries avoid fuel imports by making ethanol with the millions...

US Objects to China’s Internet Restrictions

US Objects to China’s Internet Restrictions

The U.S. “remains deeply concerned with China’s long-standing restrictions on freedom of expression online,” a State Department official said Thursday,...

Apple is 1st Public US Company to be Valued at $1 Trillion

Apple is 1st Public US Company to be Valued at $1 Trillion

Apple made history Thursday when it became the first publicly listed U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion. The...

Alarms on Russian Meddling Sounded on Capitol Hill

Alarms on Russian Meddling Sounded on Capitol Hill

One day after Facebook shut down 32 fake social media accounts that spewed politically divisive messages, U.S. lawmakers were warned...

Congress Passes Bill Forcing Tech Companies To Disclose Foreign Software Probes

Congress Passes Bill Forcing Tech Companies To Disclose Foreign Software Probes

The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries...

British Businesses Told to Do More to Close ‘Obscene’ Gender Pay Gap

British Businesses Told to Do More to Close ‘Obscene’ Gender Pay Gap

More British businesses should be made to report the difference in how much they pay male and female staff, lawmakers...

Dispute Over 3D-Printed Guns Raises Many Legal Issues

Dispute Over 3D-Printed Guns Raises Many Legal Issues

A little-known dispute over 3D-printed guns has morphed into a national legal debate in the last week, drawing attention to...

US Confirms Plan to Raise China Import Tariff to 25 Percent

US Confirms Plan to Raise China Import Tariff to 25 Percent

U.S. President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on China for trade concessions by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on...

Fed Keeps Key Rate Unchanged While Signaling Future Hikes

Fed Keeps Key Rate Unchanged While Signaling Future Hikes

The Federal Reserve is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged while signaling further gradual rate hikes in the months ahead...

China Warns of Retaliation if US Takes More Trade Steps

China Warns of Retaliation if US Takes More Trade Steps

China’s government has warned it will retaliate if Washington imposes new trade penalties following a report the Trump administration will...

A Special Type of 3D Printing

A Special Type of 3D Printing

3D printers are being used extensively in industry, research, teaching and hobbies, printing with metal, plastic and even edible material...

Judge Blocks Plans to Post Gun Blueprints on Internet

Judge Blocks Plans to Post Gun Blueprints on Internet

A U.S. federal judge has blocked a Texas man from putting plans on the internet showing people how to make...

Saltwater Treatment Plant Brings ‘Tasty Tea’ to Indian Island

Saltwater Treatment Plant Brings ‘Tasty Tea’ to Indian Island

Each morning, Kamarunisa Poovummada sips her cup of tea while watching waves from the Arabian Sea crash around a water...

Shell, Petrobras Units Probed for Brazil Price-fixing

Shell, Petrobras Units Probed for Brazil Price-fixing

Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said on Tuesday, reigniting...