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Researchers: Smart Toilet Will Analyze Urine for Medical Data

Researchers: Smart Toilet Will Analyze Urine for Medical Data

Nano technology researchers at the University of Cambridge are developing an intelligent toilet that might change the nature of medicine....

Mexico’s Next President Aims to End Fuel Imports

Mexico’s Next President Aims to End Fuel Imports

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will seek to end the country’s massive fuel imports, nearly all from the United States, during...

Shipping Giant Exits Iran, Fears US Sanctions

Shipping Giant Exits Iran, Fears US Sanctions

One of the world’s biggest cargo shippers announced Saturday that it was pulling out of Iran for fear of becoming entangled...

Solid Job Gains Overshadowed by Threat of US-China Trade War

Solid Job Gains Overshadowed by Threat of US-China Trade War

The opening shots have been fired in what some fear may be the start of a major trade war. China...

Syrian Refugees in Jordanian Camp Recycle Mounds of Trash for Cash

Syrian Refugees in Jordanian Camp Recycle Mounds of Trash for Cash

Amid the very real hardships Syrian refugees face, little has been said about another major health and humanitarian issue: What...

How Trade Fight Impacts National Economies, Ordinary People

How Trade Fight Impacts National Economies, Ordinary People

The political squabbling between China and the United States over trade and other issues affect the world’s two largest economies...

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are, How They’ll Work

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are, How They’ll Work

So is this what a trade war looks like? The Trump administration and China’s leadership have imposed tens of billions...

US Adds Solid 213,000 Jobs; Unemployment Up to 4%

US Adds Solid 213,000 Jobs; Unemployment Up to 4%

U.S. employers kept up a brisk hiring pace in June by adding 213,000 jobs, a sign of confidence in the...

WTO Urges Nations to Ease Trade Tensions

WTO Urges Nations to Ease Trade Tensions

The World Trade Organization is urging nations to resolve trade tensions, warning that restrictive trade measures would have a harmful...

Trump Tariffs Against China Take Effect

Trump Tariffs Against China Take Effect

U.S. tariffs against Chinese imports took effect early Friday and President Donald Trump made clear Thursday that he is prepared to...

California Senators Reach Agreement on Net Neutrality Bill

California Senators Reach Agreement on Net Neutrality Bill

Key California lawmakers said Thursday they’ve reached an agreement on legislation to enshrine net neutrality provisions in state law after...

Kenya’s Digital Taxi Services Paralyzed, Strike Enters 4th Day

Kenya’s Digital Taxi Services Paralyzed, Strike Enters 4th Day

Drivers of Kenya’s digital taxis shut down operations Monday in protest of what they term as exploitative corporate practices. They...

New Treatments Give Hope to People With Brain Tumors

New Treatments Give Hope to People With Brain Tumors

Republican Senator John McCain is perhaps the best known person who has brain cancer. His is a glioblastoma, the most...

Illegal Cigarette Trade Costing S. Africa $510 mln a Year

Illegal Cigarette Trade Costing S. Africa $510 mln a Year

South Africa has become one of the biggest markets for illegal cigarette sales and is losing out on 7 billion...

Russian Search Engine Alerts Google to Possible Data Problem

Russian Search Engine Alerts Google to Possible Data Problem

The Russian Internet company Yandex said Thursday that its public search engine has been turning up dozens of Google documents...

Ford Says No Plans for Now to Hike China Prices

Ford Says No Plans for Now to Hike China Prices

U.S. car maker Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it has no plans currently to hike retail prices of its...

Scientists Harvest Drinking Water from Desert Air

Scientists Harvest Drinking Water from Desert Air

Scientists have developed a way to harvest water from dry desert air and the only power the device needs is...

Investors Nervous Ahead of July 6 Deadline for US Tariffs Against China

Investors Nervous Ahead of July 6 Deadline for US Tariffs Against China

Trade rhetoric is spilling into the real world of jobs and consumer goods. The United States is set to impose...

3D Printing Used to Make Synthetic Bones for Grafts

3D Printing Used to Make Synthetic Bones for Grafts

Orthopedic surgery can be tricky. So, researchers at Northwestern University are engineering new materials to make 3D printed bones that...

US Offers German Automakers Solution to Trade Spat, Report Says

US Offers German Automakers Solution to Trade Spat, Report Says

United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell reportedly told German auto makers Wednesday the U.S. would back off threats of...

Europe Could Suffer Collateral Damage in US-China Trade War

Europe Could Suffer Collateral Damage in US-China Trade War

European businesses are unsettled as they watch the U.S. and China collide over trade. And for good reason: the nascent...

China Presses Europe for Anti-US Alliance on Trade

China Presses Europe for Anti-US Alliance on Trade

China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump’s trade policies at...