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...
Multinationals Grapple with US Republican Excise Tax Surprise
The Republican tax bill unveiled last week in the U.S. Congress could disrupt the global supply chains of large, multinational...
Will Formula Racing Switch to Electric Cars?
As private and public transportation slowly shifts to electric propulsion, fans of Formula One car racing wonder whether the thrill...
Old Tech Increasingly Causing Health, Environmental Troubles
A growing amount of the waste in the world is out-of-date electronics. And inside all of our devices are a...
Sprint, T-Mobile End Merger Talks
Wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile called off a potential merger, saying the companies couldn’t come to an agreement that would...
Trump Urges Saudi Arabia To List Shares of World’s Largest Oil Producer on NYSE
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Saudi Arabia Saturday to list its state-owned oil company on the New York Stock Exchange...
Saudi Crown Prince Tackles Extremism on the Road to Social, Economic Reform
The recent flurry of social and economic reform coming out of Saudi Arabia has left some Saudis ecstatic, others more...
China Border Traders Hit Hard by North Korea Sanctions
For Yu Kaiguang, harsh new United Nations sanctions on North Korea are a disaster. The trader in the Chinese border...
New Exhibit Shows How Tech Intrudes on Our Lives
The extent to which technology is always watching us is on stark display at a new London exhibit called “The...
California Asks US for $7.4 Billion for Wildfire Rebuilding
California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster...
Largest US Port Complex Passes Plan to Reach Zero Emissions
The largest port complex in the nation has set goals to drastically reduce air pollution over the next several decades....
Nigeria Militants End Oil Hub Cease-fire
A Nigerian militant group whose attacks on energy facilities in the Niger Delta last year helped push Africa’s biggest economy...
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