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Across Asia’s Borders, Trafficking Survivors Dial in for Justice

Across Asia’s Borders, Trafficking Survivors Dial in for Justice

When Neha Maldar testified against the traffickers who enslaved her as a sex worker in India, she spoke from the...

China Calls Trump Threat of More Tariffs ‘Blackmail’

China Calls Trump Threat of More Tariffs ‘Blackmail’

China calls President Donald Trump’s threat to slap more tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. “extreme pressure and blackmail”...

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are and How They Would Work

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are and How They Would Work

Is this what a trade war looks like? The Trump administration and China’s leadership have threatened to impose tariffs on...

OPEC Oil Ministers Gather to Discuss Production Increase

OPEC Oil Ministers Gather to Discuss Production Increase

The oil ministers of the OPEC cartel were gathering Tuesday to discuss this week whether to increase production of crude...

Russia’s Record-Breaking $15 Billion World Cup Price Tag: What Does It Buy?

Russia’s Record-Breaking $15 Billion World Cup Price Tag: What Does It Buy?

The World Cup in Russia is the most expensive ever – with the official price tag around $15 billion. The...

China Warns US of ‘Countermeasures’ Against Possible New Tariffs

China Warns US of ‘Countermeasures’ Against Possible New Tariffs

China says it will take appropriate countermeasures if the United States follows through with additional tariffs on Chinese goods.  U.S....

WHO Lists Compulsive Video Gaming As Mental Health Problem

WHO Lists Compulsive Video Gaming As Mental Health Problem

Parents suspicious that their children may be addicted to video games now have support from health authorities. The World Health...

Norway Tests Tiny Electric Plane, Sees Passenger Flights by 2025

Norway Tests Tiny Electric Plane, Sees Passenger Flights by 2025

Norway tested a two-seater electric plane on Monday and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation...

Intel Tops List of Tech Companies Fighting Forced Labor

Intel Tops List of Tech Companies Fighting Forced Labor

Intel topped a list issued on Monday ranking how well technology companies combat the risk of forced labor in their...

Google to Invest $550M in China E-commerce Giant JD.com

Google to Invest $550M in China E-commerce Giant JD.com

Google will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse JD.com, part of the U.S. internet giant’s efforts to expand its...

Time Machine Camera Means Never Missing the Moment

Time Machine Camera Means Never Missing the Moment

It’s happened to many of us. You fumble for your camera to record a precious moment but you’re a little...

Kenya’s President Mandates Lifestyle Audit for Public Servants

Kenya’s President Mandates Lifestyle Audit for Public Servants

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has intensified his war on graft by announcing that all public servants will undergo a compulsory...

World Bank: Remittance Flows Rising  After Years of Decline

World Bank: Remittance Flows Rising After Years of Decline

After two consecutive years of decline, remittances, the money migrant workers send home, increased in 2017 according to figures released...

Theranos CEO: Wunderkind to Federal Indictment

Theranos CEO: Wunderkind to Federal Indictment

Federal prosecutors have indicted Elizabeth Holmes on criminal fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors, doctors and the public as the...

Poll: Ticked at Trump, Canadians Say They’ll Avoid US Goods

Poll: Ticked at Trump, Canadians Say They’ll Avoid US Goods

Seventy percent of Canadians say they will start looking for ways to avoid buying U.S.-made goods in a threat to ratchet up...

US Lobsters Are a Target of China’s Threatened Tariffs

US Lobsters Are a Target of China’s Threatened Tariffs

A set of retaliatory tariffs released by China on Friday includes a plan to tax American lobster exports, potentially jeopardizing...

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are and How China Is Responding

Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are and How China Is Responding

President Donald Trump just imposed tariffs on hundreds of Chinese products — from X-ray tubes to incinerators. And Beijing is...

Apple Nabs Oprah as Top Talent Flocks to Digital Entertainment

Apple Nabs Oprah as Top Talent Flocks to Digital Entertainment

Apple Inc on Friday announced a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programming, a coup in the battle...

Trump OKs Plan to Impose Tariffs on Billions in Chinese Goods

Trump OKs Plan to Impose Tariffs on Billions in Chinese Goods

President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of Chinese...

AT&T to Close Time Warner Deal, But Government May Appeal

AT&T to Close Time Warner Deal, But Government May Appeal

AT&T Inc may close its $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner Inc under an agreement reached on Thursday with...

Supreme Court Answers Question of Foreign Law in US Courts

Supreme Court Answers Question of Foreign Law in US Courts

Nyet. Non. Nein. No. That’s the answer the Supreme Court gave Thursday to the question of whether federal courts in...

CES Asia Opens in Shanghai

CES Asia Opens in Shanghai

Judging by the size of the crowd and the number of exhibitors at the fourth annual Consumer Electronics Show Asia,...