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Facebook’s Zuckerberg, EU Lawyers Locked in Negotiations

Facebook’s Zuckerberg, EU Lawyers Locked in Negotiations

Facebook and European Union officials were locked in high-stakes negotiations Sunday over whether founder Mark Zuckerberg will appear Tuesday before...

American Inventors You’ve Never Heard Of

American Inventors You’ve Never Heard Of

Edison did it. Eastman did it. And so did Steve Jobs. They invented products that changed our lives. But for...

3-D Printed Practice Organs Smooth Toddler’s Transplant

3-D Printed Practice Organs Smooth Toddler’s Transplant

A sick toddler is thriving thanks to his father’s kidney and a practice surgery using 3-D printed organs. VOA’s Steve...

US, China Agree to Increased Trade Cooperation

US, China Agree to Increased Trade Cooperation

China and the United States said Saturday that they had reached consensus on steps to substantially reduce the U.S. trade...

India, EU Give WTO Lists of US Goods for Potential Tariff Retaliation

India, EU Give WTO Lists of US Goods for Potential Tariff Retaliation

India and the European Union have given the World Trade Organization lists of the U.S. products that could incur high...

Canada’s Trudeau Talks Tech at MIT Gathering

Canada’s Trudeau Talks Tech at MIT Gathering

Canadian computer scientists helped pioneer the field of artificial intelligence before it was a buzzword, and now Prime Minister Justin...

China Ends US Sorghum Anti-Dumping Probe, OKs Toshiba Deal

China Ends US Sorghum Anti-Dumping Probe, OKs Toshiba Deal

China has dropped an anti-dumping investigation and given long awaited approval for the sale of Toshiba’s memory chip business, in...

EU Mulls Direct Iran Central Bank Transfers to Beat US Sanctions

EU Mulls Direct Iran Central Bank Transfers to Beat US Sanctions

The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran’s central bank to avoid U.S. penalties,...

Inventors Honored in Hall of Fame Special Ceremony

Inventors Honored in Hall of Fame Special Ceremony

Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Apple founder Steve Jobs are some of America’s best known inventors. But there are other,...

In the Name of Safety: NYC Tradition – Blessing of the Bikes

In the Name of Safety: NYC Tradition – Blessing of the Bikes

For almost 20 years, cyclists have gathered in New York’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for what might...

Silicon Valley Startup Peddles 3-D-printed Bike

Silicon Valley Startup Peddles 3-D-printed Bike

After a career that included helping Alphabet’s Google build out data centers and speeding packages for Amazon.com to customers, Jim...

Switzerland Seeks a Study of Starting Its Own Cryptocurrency

Switzerland Seeks a Study of Starting Its Own Cryptocurrency

Switzerland’s government has requested a report into the risks and opportunities of launching its own cryptocurrency, a so-called “e-franc” that...

New US Sanctions Hit at Hezbollah-Linked Financier, Companies

New US Sanctions Hit at Hezbollah-Linked Financier, Companies

The United States sought on Thursday to further choke off funding sources for Iranian-backed Hezbollah, imposing sanctions on its representative...

UN Forecasting Global Economy Will Expand by Over 3 Percent

UN Forecasting Global Economy Will Expand by Over 3 Percent

The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will expand by more than 3 percent this year and next...

European Commission to Move to Block US Sanctions on Iran

European Commission to Move to Block US Sanctions on Iran

The European Commission will initiate plans Friday to prohibit European companies from adhering to U.S. sanctions against Iran, a move...

German-Russian Pipeline Project Takes Shape Amid US Protest

German-Russian Pipeline Project Takes Shape Amid US Protest

Sparks fly and machines whir as workers busily prepare thousands of steel pipes that will become part of a vast...

Iran Signs Oil Deal With UK Group as France’s Total Exits

Iran Signs Oil Deal With UK Group as France’s Total Exits

Iranian state TV is reporting that the country has signed an agreement with a British consortium to develop an oil...

Argentina’s Currency Crisis Over, Macri says

Argentina’s Currency Crisis Over, Macri says

President Mauricio Macri says Argentina’s currency crisis is over, speaking as the country’s currency rebounded some and prices for its...

US Senate Votes to Restore Net Neutrality

US Senate Votes to Restore Net Neutrality

The U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to overturn the FCC’s 2017 repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules, with all Democrats and...

Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism

Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism

Amsterdam unveiled far-reaching plans Wednesday to rein in tourism, reflecting the dissatisfaction of many residents who feel the city’s historic center has...

US Pushes for NAFTA Deal as Thursday Deadline Approaches

US Pushes for NAFTA Deal as Thursday Deadline Approaches

The United States is pushing for a deal in negotiations on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg, EU Lawmakers to Discuss Data Privacy

Facebook’s Zuckerberg, EU Lawmakers to Discuss Data Privacy

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is slated to meet privately in Brussels as soon as next week with key European lawmakers...