Tariffs Take Toll on Farm Equipment Manufacturers
Their iconic blue-colored planters and grain cars are recognizable on many farms across the United States. They are also easily...
Kudlow: Trump Administration Eyes More Aid to Farmers if Necessary
The Trump administration is ready to provide more federal aid to farmers if required, a White House adviser said on...
Making Driverless Cars Safer For Pedestrians
One big concern about autonomous vehicles is that logical computers sometimes have trouble dealing with a messy world. To the...
Breaking from Tradition, Indigenous Women Lead Fight for Land Rights in Brazil
Brazil’s indigenous women have been overturning tradition to step into the spotlight and lead an international push to defend their...
Pompeo: US-China Trade Talks Will Not Be Impacted by End of Iran Oil Waivers
VOA Mandarin service reporter Lin Feng also contributed to this report. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington’s decision...
Scandinavian Airlines Strike in 4th Day, Affecting Thousands
A strike among pilots at Scandinavian Airlines has entered its fourth day with the carrier being forced to cancel 1,213...
Twitter Terror: Arrests Prompt Concern Over Online Extremism
A few months after he turned 17 — and more than two years before he was arrested — Vincent Vetromile...
Tech Helping Make Big Impact on Local Government
Local governments often try to solve problems using old technology. A U.S. Senate bill aims to fund small tech teams...
Kenya Taps Into Technology to Attract Young People to Farms
Kenyan innovators are betting on digital technologies to attract young people to agriculture currently dominated by an aging population. With...
More People Use Smartphone Apps to Find Flexible Gig Jobs
While many people have office jobs, working inside an office is not for everybody. And these days in the U.S....
London Startup Says Lobster Shells Provide Plastic Alternative
The world has a love-hate relationship with plastic: It’s as convenient as it is problematic. Because it degrades incredibly slowly,...
Student Scientists Helping to Monitor Air Quality
All too often what looks like haze is actually tiny particles in the air that are so small you can...
Uber’s Stock Offering Terms Temper Expectations
Uber Technologies Inc., the world’s largest ride-hailing company, plans an initial public offering that values the company lower than the startup’s insiders had...
Foxconn Jobs, Tax Credits Could Be Renegotiated in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn Technology Group officials are talking about making changes to the contract signed in 2017...
US Social Media Firms Scramble to Fight Fake News
As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, a posting on Facebook circulated – a grainy video of what appeared to be a...
US Social Media Companies Pressed to Better Police Content
Social media companies such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are not legally responsible for the content that users upload to...
Amazon Aims to Bring One-day Delivery to Prime Members Around Globe
Amazon.com Inc plans to deliver packages to members of its loyalty club Prime in just one day, instead of two...
New Mexico Armed Border Group Barred from Facebook Fundraising
Facebook Inc on Thursday barred a New Mexico-based paramilitary group that has stopped undocumented migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border from...
Canada to Seek Court Order to Force Facebook to Follow Privacy Laws
Facebook Inc broke Canadian privacy laws when it collected the information of some 600,000 citizens, a top watchdog said on...
US Adds Chinese e-commerce Site to ‘Notorious’ List for IP Protection
The U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday it has added Pinduoduo.com, China’s third-largest e-commerce platform, to its “notorious markets” list...
Irish Regulator Opens Inquiry Into Facebook Over Password Storage
Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, on Thursday said it had launched an inquiry into...
Brent Oil Hits $75 For First Time in 2019 as Russian Exports Cut
Brent oil rose above $75 per barrel on Thursday for the first time this year as quality concerns forced the...
