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Uber CEO Kalanick Resigns Under Investor Pressure

Uber CEO Kalanick Resigns Under Investor Pressure

Travis Kalanick, the combative and troubled CEO of ride-hailing giant Uber, resigned Tuesday under pressure from investors. The company’s board...

Red Cross App Helps Refugees in Italy Find Food Banks, Doctors, More

Red Cross App Helps Refugees in Italy Find Food Banks, Doctors, More

The Red Cross launched a smartphone app Tuesday to help refugees and migrants arriving in Italy access information and services,...

Red Cross App Helps Refugees in Italy Find Food Banks, Doctors

Red Cross App Helps Refugees in Italy Find Food Banks, Doctors

The Red Cross launched a smartphone app Tuesday to help refugees and migrants arriving in Italy access information and services,...

US Expands Sanctions Against Russia, Ukraine Separatists

US Expands Sanctions Against Russia, Ukraine Separatists

The United States Treasury Department announced additional sanctions Tuesday against Russia, pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, and individuals and companies...

Digital Economy Seen Presenting New Opportunity for US-ASEAN Engagement

Digital Economy Seen Presenting New Opportunity for US-ASEAN Engagement

Countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be a wellspring of opportunity for the United States...

Extreme Heat Leads to Flight Cancellations

Extreme Heat Leads to Flight Cancellations

It’s so hot in the southwestern United States that flights out of Phoenix, Arizona are being cancelled because of the...

NTSB: Driver Ignored Warnings, Did Not Hold Wheel in Fatal Tesla Crash

NTSB: Driver Ignored Warnings, Did Not Hold Wheel in Fatal Tesla Crash

A man who died last year when his semi-autonomous Tesla Model S collided with a truck kept his hands off...

Ford to Export Focus Car From China to US in 2019

Ford to Export Focus Car From China to US in 2019

Ford Motor Co. will export the next-generation Focus compact car from China to North America in 2019, rather than from...

Australia Moves to Protect Classified Docs from Cyber Espionage

Australia Moves to Protect Classified Docs from Cyber Espionage

Australia says it will move classified government information from a private data center in Sydney after a Chinese consortium bought...

As South Korea Seeks Reconciliation With the North, What’s in it for the US?

As South Korea Seeks Reconciliation With the North, What’s in it for the US?

As South Korea’s new leadership works toward easing long strained inter-Korean relations, U.S. experts are eyeing the country’s conciliatory overtures...

Tech Titans Gather at White House to Modernize Government

Tech Titans Gather at White House to Modernize Government

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced he wants to see up to $1 trillion of tax savings over the...

US Top Court Hands Chevron Victory in Ecuador Pollution Case

US Top Court Hands Chevron Victory in Ecuador Pollution Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Chevron Corp. by preventing Ecuadorean villagers and their American lawyer...

US Supreme Court Limits Where Companies Can be Sued

US Supreme Court Limits Where Companies Can be Sued

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations...

Google Outlines Steps to Fight Extremist Content

Google Outlines Steps to Fight Extremist Content

Google says it is stepping up its efforts to identify and remove videos related to terrorism and violent extremist content,...

BRICS Meeting Highlights Climate Change, Trade, Terrorism

BRICS Meeting Highlights Climate Change, Trade, Terrorism

Climate change, trade and terrorism were highlighted Monday at a Beijing meeting of foreign affairs officials from Brazil, Russia, India,...

With Whole Foods, Amazon on Collision Course With Wal-Mart

With Whole Foods, Amazon on Collision Course With Wal-Mart

When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought online retailer Jet.com for $3 billion last year, it marked a crucial moment — the world’s...

3D Printed Architecture Looks to the Past for Inspiration

3D Printed Architecture Looks to the Past for Inspiration

The soaring cathedrals of Europe seem to defy gravity. But 3D architects are taking a page from the ancient masters...

Tax Overhaul in Trouble as Opposition to Import Tax Grows

Tax Overhaul in Trouble as Opposition to Import Tax Grows

A key part of House Republicans’ plan to overhaul the way corporations pay taxes is on life support, leaving lawmakers...

Farmers Blast Trump’s Cuba Retreat as Bad for Trade

Farmers Blast Trump’s Cuba Retreat as Bad for Trade

U.S. farm groups criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to retreat from his predecessor’s opening toward Cuba, saying it could derail...

Estonia Upstart Taxify Wants to Take on Uber

Estonia Upstart Taxify Wants to Take on Uber

The key to success for ride-hailing providers like Uber is keeping drivers happy so they run their app, ensuring that...

Apple Hires Sony TV Executives to Boost Video Content

Apple Hires Sony TV Executives to Boost Video Content

Apple has hired two longtime Sony Pictures Television executives to expand the iPhone maker’s push into original television programming, plunging...

Colombia Reaches Deal to End 37-day Teachers’ Strike

Colombia Reaches Deal to End 37-day Teachers’ Strike

Colombia on Friday reached a deal with public school teachers to end a 37-day strike that has kept millions of...