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Takata Announces Another Recall of Air Bags

Takata Announces Another Recall of Air Bags

Japanese car parts company Takata on Tuesday recalled another 2.7 million air bags that it previously thought were safe. The...

With Boko Haram Threat Receding, Nigeria Allows Fishing to Resume in Lake Chad

With Boko Haram Threat Receding, Nigeria Allows Fishing to Resume in Lake Chad

Three years ago, at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian soldiers stopped all fishing activities in the country’s...

Coal Plan Sparks Ire as Myanmar Struggles to Keep Lights On

Coal Plan Sparks Ire as Myanmar Struggles to Keep Lights On

Opposition to a planned $3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar is highlighting the challenges facing Aung San Suu...

Intel Introduces New Chips in Bid for Data Center Business

Intel Introduces New Chips in Bid for Data Center Business

Intel Corp. on Tuesday announced a new line of microprocessors for data centers, setting up a battle with Advanced Micro...

Congress May Bar States From Setting Self-driving Car Rules

Congress May Bar States From Setting Self-driving Car Rules

U.S. House Republicans expect to introduce bills later this week that would bar states from setting their own rules for...

Russia Calls EU-Ukraine Pact "Exemplary" Breach of WTO Rules

Russia Calls EU-Ukraine Pact "Exemplary" Breach of WTO Rules

Russia has indicated a potential new legal salvo in its trade war with Ukraine and the European Union, telling the...

Trial Begins in Japan for CEO of Failed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox

Trial Begins in Japan for CEO of Failed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox

The former chief executive officer of the failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole...

Whiskey Byproduct Will Power Cars

Whiskey Byproduct Will Power Cars

Every now and then, it pays to revisit abandoned methods for using a waste product of an industrial process. Researchers...

Trump to Nominate Quarles to Be Fed’s Top Banking Regulator

Trump to Nominate Quarles to Be Fed’s Top Banking Regulator

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Treasury official Randal Quarles to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator,...

Spyware in Mexico Targeted International Experts Critical of Government

Spyware in Mexico Targeted International Experts Critical of Government

Investigators said Monday that targets of high-tech spying in Mexico included an international group of experts backed by the Organization...

China’s Ambition, US Retreat on Show in Serbian Factory Town

China’s Ambition, US Retreat on Show in Serbian Factory Town

A giant Chinese red flag flutters on a pole where an American flag used to fly at a steel mill...

China’s COSCO to Buy Orient Overseas for $6.3 Billion

China’s COSCO to Buy Orient Overseas for $6.3 Billion

China’s biggest shipping company, state-owned COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., is creating the world’s No. 3 container shipping giant by acquiring...

Game Explores, Encourages the Creative Side of Coding

Game Explores, Encourages the Creative Side of Coding

A common assumption is that writing computer code is a highly technical skill for people who are good at math...

The Creative Side of Coding

The Creative Side of Coding

A common assumption is that writing computer code is a highly technical skill for people who are good at math...

In Power-short Pakistan, Switch to Solar Power Hit by Rumors

In Power-short Pakistan, Switch to Solar Power Hit by Rumors

Mohammad Aslam has finally found a way to give his family relief from extended power cuts. In February this year...

Rural Amazon Violence Rises Amid Bureaucracy Over Land Titles

Rural Amazon Violence Rises Amid Bureaucracy Over Land Titles

For a farmer in Brazil’s Amazon, Manoel Freire Camurca was doing pretty well for himself until a local power broker...

At France’s Davos, French Bosses Laud Impact of New President

At France’s Davos, French Bosses Laud Impact of New President

Top French company bosses who have for years lamented their country’s slow pace of reforms at an annual summer gathering...

Report: Russia Behind Hacking of US Energy, Nuclear Companies 

Report: Russia Behind Hacking of US Energy, Nuclear Companies 

Hackers who penetrated the business networks of U.S. energy and nuclear companies in recent weeks were working for the Russian...

In India, Drug Makers Try to Stay a Step Ahead of FDA

In India, Drug Makers Try to Stay a Step Ahead of FDA

In 28 years in India’s pharmaceuticals sector, Rajiv Desai has never been busier. Most of the last six months on...

Canada’s Desjardins Suspends Lending for Energy Pipelines

Canada’s Desjardins Suspends Lending for Energy Pipelines

Canadian lender Desjardins is considering no longer funding energy pipelines, a spokesman said Saturday, citing concerns about the impact such...

Trump Is Biggest Attraction at G-20 Summit

Trump Is Biggest Attraction at G-20 Summit

The G-20 summit of the world’s richest economies wrapped up Saturday against a backdrop of angry protests, and a pledge...

US, Russia on Collision Course as They Compete for European Gas Market

US, Russia on Collision Course as They Compete for European Gas Market

Visiting Poland this week, U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to boost exports of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Central...