ILO: Female Job-Seekers Get Penalized for Being Mothers
When it comes to getting a job, women lag far behind men. The International Labor Organization (ILO) reports the work...
iPhone Sales Falling, And Apple’s App Fees Might Be Next
As iPhone sales slip, Apple has been positioning its booming digital-services business as its new profit engine. But there could...
How You Hold Your Phone Helps Merchants Uncover Fraud
Can the way you hold your phone help fight identity theft and fraud? Security experts think so. Biometric security measures...
Jerry Merryman, ‘Brilliant’ Man Who Invented Calculator, Dies
Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the handheld electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as...
Hands Off! Kenyan Slum Dwellers Unite to Protect City Dam
It is Friday morning, and the southeastern fringe of Kibera slum comes alive as teams of women and youngsters converge...
UN Again Defers Report on Companies With Israeli Settlement Ties
Publication of a U.N. database of companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank has been...
Reality Star Kylie Jenner Is World’s Youngest Billionaire
Kylie Jenner on Tuesday was named the youngest self-made billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine, thanks to the booming...
Going TikTok: Indians Get Hooked on Chinese Video App Ahead of Election
A video clip shot on a sparse rooftop of what looks like a low-rise apartment block shows a young Indian...
Facebook Prohibits Foreign-funded Ads for Indonesia Election
Facebook says it will not allow foreign-funded advertisements for an upcoming presidential election in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, hoping...
‘The End of a Fantastic Era’ — a Look Back at the Concorde
The speed and elegant appearance of the Concorde inspired awe. Its ear-rattling sonic booms irritated people on the ground and...
Trump Extends US Sanctions Against Zimbabwe By a Year
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Zimbabwe saying that the new government’s policies continue...
US to End Preferential Trade Status for India, Turkey
At President Donald Trump’s direction, the United States intends to scrap the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey,...
China Launches Tech Hub Megalopolis to Rival Silicon Valley
As the global race to gain the lead in next generation tech heats up, China is stepping up its efforts,...
New Lab Gives Biomechanical Students Real-Life Experience
Studying engineering isn’t just about learning, it’s about using skills in the real world. But for biomechanical engineering students, it...
Space X Crew Capsule Reaches Space Station
The first American commercially built-and-operated crew spacecraft in eight years docked successfully Sunday at the International Space Station. There was,...
Silicon Valley Skeptical of Washington’s China Concerns
With the U.S. and China still negotiating a trade deal, and ongoing concerns in the U.S. about China’s technology goals,...
Smog-Fighting Shingles Helping to Clean California Air
Northern California is famous for many things, the sun, the surf, the wine, but it has also been infamous for...
SpaceX Tests Crew Capsule in Flight to Space Station
America’s newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. The...
White House Worries Too Few American Kids Study Science & Math
White House officials are worried that unless more American students study math and science the United States won’t be able...
US Stocks Rise as Trade Optimism Counters Weak Data
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average snapped a three-day run of losses on Friday as optimism about the...
US Consumer Spending Fell 0.5 Percent in December
U.S. consumer spending tumbled 0.5 percent in December, the biggest decline in nine years, as the holiday shopping season ended...
Oregon OKs 1st Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law in US
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure on Thursday, giving a victory to housing...
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