Posts by Newsmaker

US Researchers Genetically Modify Corn to Boost Nutritional Value

US Researchers Genetically Modify Corn to Boost Nutritional Value

U.S. researchers said this week they have discovered a way to genetically engineer corn, the world’s largest commodity crop, to...

US Signals Tougher Stance with Tech Companies on Encryption

US Signals Tougher Stance with Tech Companies on Encryption

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Tuesday sharply criticized technology companies that have built strongly encrypted products, suggesting Silicon...

Turkey’s Erdogan Pledges Gas, Trade and Support for Serbia

Turkey’s Erdogan Pledges Gas, Trade and Support for Serbia

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pledged gas, investment and support for the Balkans on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to expand...

US Businesses Fear NAFTA Doomed; Mexico Warns of Consequences

US Businesses Fear NAFTA Doomed; Mexico Warns of Consequences

The most powerful U.S. business lobby accused the Trump administration of making “poison pill proposals” to sabotage NAFTA on Tuesday,...

EU’s Tusk Sees Next Brexit Step in December, Not This Month

EU’s Tusk Sees Next Brexit Step in December, Not This Month

European Union Council President Donald Tusk said Tuesday that Brexit negotiations will not move to the next stage focused on...

ILO: Global Unemployment Rises to More than 200 Million

ILO: Global Unemployment Rises to More than 200 Million

Global unemployment this year stands at more than 201 million, an increase of 3.4 million compared to 2016, says the...

Fake News Still Here, Despite Efforts by Google, Facebook

Fake News Still Here, Despite Efforts by Google, Facebook

Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they’re still inadvertently promoting it — often at...

Fake News Is Still Here, Despite Efforts by Google, Facebook

Fake News Is Still Here, Despite Efforts by Google, Facebook

Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they’re still inadvertently promoting it — often at...

American Richard H. Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Science

American Richard H. Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Science

American Richard H. Thaler was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics — officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...

Global Sensor Network on Alert for Nuclear Tests

Global Sensor Network on Alert for Nuclear Tests

Nuclear proliferation watchdog CTBTO is using its worldwide array of monitoring stations to authenticate possible nuclear explosions, including the one...

Bugs in the Food by Design at Bangkok Fine-dining Bistro

Bugs in the Food by Design at Bangkok Fine-dining Bistro

Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that’d close down a restaurant immediately, but for a unique eatery in Bangkok,...

New Zealand Currency Falls to 4-month Low as Political Coalition Talks Continue

New Zealand Currency Falls to 4-month Low as Political Coalition Talks Continue

The New Zealand currency sunk to a fresh four-month low on Monday as a small nationalist party carried out negotiations...

Teams Race Across Australia in World Solar Challenge

Teams Race Across Australia in World Solar Challenge

The World Solar Challenge began Sunday with 42 solar cars crossing Australia’s tropical north to its southern shores, a grueling...

At Trump Scottish Resorts, Losses Doubled Last Year

At Trump Scottish Resorts, Losses Doubled Last Year

Donald Trump boasts of making great deals, but a financial report filed with the British government shows he has lost...

Bees Are Carrying Pesticides Into Most of the World’s Honey

Bees Are Carrying Pesticides Into Most of the World’s Honey

The decline of the world’s industrialized honeybees has been well documented. A combination of pesticides and parasites have led to...

Technology Crammed Into Cars Worsens Driver Distraction

Technology Crammed Into Cars Worsens Driver Distraction

Automakers trumpet new technology, including blind-spot warnings, backup cameras, and rear cross-traffic alerts, as a way to make driving safer....

Holy Spirits? Closed Churches Find Second Life as Breweries

Holy Spirits? Closed Churches Find Second Life as Breweries

Ira Gerhart finally found a place last year to fulfill his yearslong dream of opening a brewery: a 1923 Presbyterian...

Big Tech Has Big Plans to Help Reconnect Puerto Rico

Big Tech Has Big Plans to Help Reconnect Puerto Rico

Facebook and Google once aimed to connect the world. Now they would be happy just to reconnect part of it....

Uganda Lures World Investors to Boost Conservation Tourism

Uganda Lures World Investors to Boost Conservation Tourism

Home to half the world’s Mountain gorilla and 50 percent of world bird species, conservation tourism marketing remains a challenge...

US Economy Loses 33,000 Jobs in September, but Rebound Expected

US Economy Loses 33,000 Jobs in September, but Rebound Expected

Two back-to-back hurricanes in the continental U.S. displaced more workers than first thought resulting in a net loss of 33...

Our Planet Seen From High Above

Our Planet Seen From High Above

Astronauts say seeing the Earth from a distance, where the whole planet comes into perspective, is a life-changing experience that...

Ham for a Watch: Venezuelans Struggle With Cash Shortages

Ham for a Watch: Venezuelans Struggle With Cash Shortages

Venezuelans already struggling to find food, medicine and other basic necessities have a new shortage to worry about: cash.  ...