Russia, Turkey OK Pipeline Deal, End Gas Dispute
Russian state gas giant Gazprom said Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas...
Italy’s President Pressured to Accept Euroskeptic Minister
Italy’s would-be coalition parties turned up the pressure on President Sergio Mattarella on Saturday to endorse their euroskeptic pick as economy minister, saying...
Kenya Moves to Regulate Digital-Fueled Lending Craze
Kenya built a reputation as a pioneer of financial inclusion through its early adoption of a mobile money system that...
Markets Disrupted as Italy’s Populists Negotiate Cabinet
Italy’s prime minister-designate, Giuseppe Conte, a political novice and obscure law professor accused of padding his resume, put the finishing...
FBI: Foreign Hackers Have Compromised Home Router Devices
The FBI warned on Friday that foreign cybercriminals had compromised “hundreds of thousands” of home and small-office router devices around...
Discharged and Jobless: US Veterans Seek Change in Hiring Rules
Military veterans who were discharged for relatively minor offenses say they often can’t get jobs, and they hope a recent...
Broadcom’s Tan, CBS’s Moonves Among Highest-Paid CEOs
Here are the highest-paid CEOs for 2017, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. The...
Amazon’s Alexa Accidentally Tapes, Shares Family Chat With Contact
A Portland, Oregon, family has learned what happens when Amazon.com Inc’s popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation. Amazon...
China Snaps up US Oil, Straining Capacity to Export It
The U.S. oil export infrastructure is straining to keep up as the country’s crude oil exports hit new highs and...
Brazil: Deal Reached to Suspend Crippling Trucker Strike
Brazil’s government said late Thursday that a deal had been reached with truckers to suspend a 4-day-old strike that caused...
Jury: Samsung Owes Apple $539M for Copying iPhone
A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone’s features...
FBI Taps Private Industry to Bring Down Hacker Clearinghouse
When a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted a Latvian software developer last week of running an underground clearinghouse for...
Trump Signs Bill Easing Restraints on Small US Banks
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law Thursday a measure that eases rules imposed on banks in the aftermath of...
Africa in Spotlight at Paris Tech Fair
French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will invest $76 million in African startups, saying innovation on the continent is...
Buffalo: City With a Magnificent Past Fallen on Hard Times
Even though the United States is one of the richest and most technologically advanced countries in the world, about 45...
Deutsche Bank to Slash Thousands of Jobs to Control Costs
Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank is slashing thousands of jobs as it reshapes its stocks trading operation and refocuses its global...
Mapping the Oceans’ Floors by 2030
Oceanographers often say we know much more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about nearly...
Amazon, Starbucks Pledge Money to Repeal Seattle Head Tax
Amazon, Starbucks, Vulcan and other companies have pledged a total of more than $350,000 toward an effort to repeal Seattle’s...
Post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans Still Waiting for Economic Uptick
This week marks six months since Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office, after Robert Mugabe gave in to military pressure...
Twitter to Add Special Labels to Political Candidates in US
Twitter says it’s adding special labels to tweets from some U.S. political candidates ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Twitter...
Ethiopia Opens Telecoms Sector to Limited Competition
Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms to provide internet services through its infrastructure, a move...
Turkish Currency Hits Record Low Amid Erdogan Concerns
Turkey’s currency has fallen to a record low against the dollar amid concerns about an outflow of investor capital and...
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