Mnuchin to Fill Fed Vacancies, Awaits Yellen’s Decision
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that Janet Yellen has not said yet whether she plans to remain on the...
US Commerce Secretary to Sell Stake in Firm With Russian Ties
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross plans to completely divest from a shipping company that counts a Russian gas producer with ties...
EU Pushes Cut in Car Emissions, Boost for Electric Vehicles
The European Commission said Wednesday it wants to cut emissions of carbon dioxide from cars by 30 percent by 2030...
FBI Again Finds Itself Unable to Unlock a Gunman’s Cellphone
The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for law enforcement: FBI agents are unable to unlock the gunman’s...
Twitter, Snapchat Tweak Products to Lure More Users
Struggling social media platforms Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks as the services seek wider audiences in the...
Looking at Stars from a Jumbo-Jet
To learn more about how stars are formed, astronomers look at light coming from deep space that illuminate events that...
Tech Training Brings Hope to Young Refugees in Malawi
Microsoft and the U.N. Refugee Agency have partnered to teach about two dozen young refugees from around East Africa how...
Venezuelan Crisis Spawns Boom in Gambling
Players line up beside a small kiosk in a poor neighborhood to choose animals in a lottery game that has...
US Senate Panel Targets Chinese Banks with North Korea Sanctions
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee unanimously backed new sanctions targeting Chinese banks that do business with North Korea on Tuesday,...
Exploring Egypt’s Great Pyramid From the Inside, Virtually
A team of scientists who last week announced the discovery of a large void inside the Great Pyramid of Giza...
National Assembly: Venezuela’s January-October Inflation 826 Percent
Inflation in Venezuela’s crisis-hit economy was 826 percent in the 10 months to October and may end 2017 above 1,400...
US Demining Cut Provokes Cambodia
A U.S. decision to cut funding for a demining program in Cambodia threatens to further worsen a feud between Phnom...
Indonesia Threatens to Block WhatsApp Messaging Over Obscene Content
Indonesia on Monday vowed to block Facebook’s WhatsApp Messenger within 48 hours if the service did not ensure that obscene...
Snapchat Outage Prompts Complaints on Twitter
Snapchat faced a worldwide outage for at least four hours on Monday, prompting a flood of complaints on rival mobile...
Catalonia Faces 10 Percent Tourism Hit in Fourth Quarter
The restive Spanish region of Catalonia faces a potential $500 million financial hit in the fourth quarter as business-related travel...
Stephen Hawking Says Technology Could End Poverty But Urges Caution
Technology can hopefully reverse some of the harm caused to the planet by industrialisation and help end disease and poverty,...
Saudi Economy Vulnerable as Corruption Probe Hits Business Old Guard
Two weeks ago the glitzy Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh was the site of an international conference promoting Saudi Arabia...
Study: Africa Set to Top 1 Billion Mobile Internet Connections in Five Years
Africa’s mobile internet connections are set to double in the next five years, a study showed on Monday, thanks to...
Dudley Retirement Reflects Broad Turnover of US Federal Reserve Leadership
A revamping of the Federal Reserve’s leadership is widening with the announcement Monday that William Dudley, president of the New...
Broadcom Offers $103 Billion for Qualcomm, Sets Up Takeover Battle
Chipmaker Broadcom made an unsolicited $103 billion bid for Qualcomm on Monday, setting the stage for a major takeover battle...
Amid Outcry, Afghan Officials Rescind Temporary Ban on WhatsApp, Telegram
Afghanistan’s government has decided against blocking the instant messaging services of WhatsApp and Telegram in the face of widespread anger...
Huge Political Stakes in US Tax Reform Fight
While President Donald Trump continues an Asia trip with high geo-strategic stakes, Republicans in Washington are promoting an ambitious tax...
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