Global Stocks Climb Following Two Days of Sharp Losses
World stocks are climbing Friday after two days of sharp losses. Major U.S. stock indexes are up more than 1...
‘Winter Is Coming’: Indonesia Warns World Finance Leaders Over Trade War
Just in case any of the global central bankers and finance ministers gathered in Indonesia missed the message delivered repeatedly...
Russia Space Agency: Astronauts Will Likely Fly in Spring
The head of Russia’s space agency said Friday that two astronauts who survived the midair failure of a Russian rocket...
US-Russian Space Crew Makes Emergency Landing After Rocket Problem
A U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut made an emergency return to earth Thursday shortly after launching on what was...
Facebook Deletes Hundreds of Pages, Accounts for Spreading Fake News
Facebook announced Thursday that it had deleted over 800 mostly U.S.-based pages and accounts that were posting politically oriented spam...
Musk Rejects Report on Succession at Tesla
Elon Musk replied with a tweet saying “This is incorrect” after the Financial Times reported that outgoing Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. Chief...
WHO Cracks Down on Illicit Sale of Tobacco
Parties to a new global treaty to combat the illicit sale of tobacco products have taken the first steps toward...
Top Trump Economic Adviser Denies President Is Pressuring Fed
One of Donald Trump’s top economic advisers says the president is not trying to improperly influence the U.S. central bank. The director...
Singapore Airlines Launches Longest Commercial Flight
The world’s longest commercial flight, a 19-hour journey from Singapore to New York, took off Thursday from Changi Airport. The...
Trump Says Won’t Fire Fed Chief, Just Disappointed
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is not going to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, but is...
Zimbabwe Arrests Protest Organizers as Economy Plunges
Lawyers say police in Zimbabwe arrested dozens of trade union members ahead of a planned protest in the capital Thursday...
For the Next Big Thing in Tech, Look to … Africa?
From a young age, Phatwa Senene knew he wanted to be an inventor. He got his start at age 11,...
For the Next Big Thing in Tech, Look to Africa?
The next big advance in technology could well come from Africa. At least, that is the hope of several new...
Reagan Back on Campaign Trail — as Hologram
A characteristic twinkle in his eye, Ronald Reagan waves to a crowd from aboard a rail car in a hologram...
Canada Prepares for Legalized Marijuana
Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how...
Dow Drops 800-Plus Points as US Stocks Dip Sharply
U.S. stocks posted their worst loss since February on Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average finishing the day down more than...
Google’s Waze Expands Carpooling Service Throughout US
Google will begin offering its pay-to-carpool service throughout the U.S., an effort to reduce the commute-time congestion that its popular...
US Treasury Issues New Rules on Foreign Investments
The Treasury Department has issued new rules on foreign investments into American companies that will give the government more power...
Zimbabwe’s Dingy Trains Mirror Economic Decline
Dark, dirty and slow, Zimbabwe’s trains, like much else in the impoverished southern African country, have seen better days. Once...
Robots Invade Campus to Deliver Burritos
Companies race to make self driving automobiles, but there’s another race going on to create robots that can roam through...
US Prosecutors: China Corruption Case Grows Stronger
Last month, Patrick Ho, a former Hong Kong official fighting foreign bribery charges in New York, thought he had finally...
Ireland Boosts Budget Spending as Brexit Looms
Ireland’s finance minister boosted budget day spending for the second year in a row as the government warned of economic...
