Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand sought to distance itself from a Chinese manufacturer that has come under scrutiny after activists investigating labor conditions there were detained, saying the company last made…
more ...$10B Chinese Project in Myanmar Stirs Local Concern
Days before the first supertanker carrying 140,000 tons of Chinese-bound crude oil arrived in Myanmar’s Kyauk Pyu port, local officials confiscated Nyein Aye’s fishing nets. The 36-year-old fisherman was among…
more ...Automakers Move Toward Automatic Braking at Different Speeds
Big automakers are rushing to launch self-driving cars as early as 2021, but the industry’s major players are moving slowly when it comes to widespread deployment of a less expensive…
more ...India’s First Solar Satellite Television Service Brings ‘Magic’ to Villages
An Indian business has launched the country’s first solar satellite television service, bringing clean-energy-powered entertainment to households and businesses through a pay-as-you-go payment scheme. Simpa Networks, which began operations in…
more ...Indonesia Urges UN to Criminalize Unregulated Fishing
Indonesia, the world’s biggest archipelago has called for the United Nations to establish illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known under its acronym of IUUF, as a transnational crime. The proposal…
more ...US Job Market Gets Stronger as Layoffs Decline
The U.S. job market is getting stronger, according to Labor Department data published Thursday. The number of Americans signing up for unemployment assistance fell by 10,000, to a nationwide total…
more ...Companion Robots Featured at Shanghai Electronics Show
More than 50 companies are showcasing a new generation of robots at this week’s Shanghai CES electronics show, built to serve as companions at home, attendants at shopping malls or…
more ...Lab Fire-tests New Building Materials
New, lighter, cheaper, sustainable and recyclable building materials are entering the market every day as developers try to lower costs and shrink their carbon footprint. But how safe are those…
more ...‘Foundation 500’ List of Women CEOs Challenges Stereotypes
From a Peruvian trout farm manager to the head of an Indonesian meatball company, a list of 500 women entrepreneurs in emerging markets was launched Thursday to challenge the stereotype…
more ...Mexican Sugar Producers Want Probe of US Corn Syrup Imports
Mexican sugar producers want an investigation into suspected dumping in Mexico by U.S. fructose producers even after a U.S.-Mexico deal on access to the U.S. sugar market, the head of…
more ...US Small Businesses in Clean Energy Sector Still Hope for Best
Small-business owners who install solar panels or help customers use clean energy don’t seem fazed by President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, saying…
more ...Overfishing Leaves an Industry in Crisis in Senegal
It was almost sunset as fishermen guided their boats back onto the beach at Joal, Senegal, after a long day at sea. At first glance, it looks as though they’d…
more ...Facebook Launches Features to Connect US Users, Elected Officials
Facebook announced three new features Wednesday that are intended to boost civic engagement among users in the United States on its platform by connecting them more easily with their elected…
more ...Peru, Indonesia to Make Fishing Boat Tracking Data Public
Peru joined Indonesia Wednesday as the only two countries worldwide to make their fishing boat tracking data available to the public. Such access will give conservationists, along with those who…
more ...No Good Fish in the Sea: Overfishing in Senegal
Both local, foreign industrial boats are blamed for Senegalese fishing industry’s continued problems. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says more than half of West Africa’s fisheries are dangerously depleted.…
more ...Colombia to Up Public Sector Wages by 6.75 Percent, as Teachers Strike
Colombia will raise the salaries of public employees by 6.75 percent this year, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday, a move which may help end a more than three-week-long…
more ...Facebook to Provide Data Maps to Help Agencies After Natural Disasters
Facebook is working with three global relief organizations to provide disaster maps — close to real-time data about where people are, where they are moving, and whether they are in…
more ...Trump Chooses Regional Banker as Key Regulator of US Banks
President Donald Trump has chosen a regional banker as his nominee for a key government position in bank regulation. Trump announced late Monday he is naming Joseph Otting as…
more ...AP Explains: House Republicans Take Aim at Financial Regulations
A decade ago, the first inklings of the coming recession emerged as a housing bubble fueled by scant regulation, low interest rates and easy credit gradually began to crater and…
more ...US, Mexico Reach Sugar Pact Without Backing from US Producers
The U.S. and Mexican governments reached a new agreement to significantly shift their sugar trade mix, but U.S. sugar producers have failed to endorse the deal, leaving question marks over…
more ...Report: International Tourism to US Stronger Than Expected
More international visitors came to the U.S. than expected in April 2017, according to a new report released Tuesday in Washington. The U.S. Travel Association’s Travel Trends Index shows…
more ...EU Hopes for Western Balkan Common Market by Mid-2018
The European Union hopes six Balkan countries will agree at a summit on July 12 in Italy to create a regional common market that could be working within a year,…
more ...Driverless Bus-train Hybrid Runs on Virtual Painted Tracks
A Chinese company has unveiled a driverless bus-train hybrid that uses white lines painted on the road to navigate. The company, CRRC, called the electric vehicle a “smart bus.” The…
more ...US Army Base Goes Green With Renewable Energy Project
The U.S. military’s biggest base on American soil has begun drawing nearly half of its power from renewable energy, days after President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of a…
more ...Qatari Riyal Under Pressure as Saudi, UAE Banks Delay Qatar Deals
Qatar’s currency came under pressure on Tuesday as Gulf Arab commercial banks started holding off on business with Qatari banks because of a diplomatic rift in the region. Banking sources…
more ...Cities Push Back as Trump Aims to Cut Anti-Terrorism Funding
Cities are pushing back on the possibility of losing millions of dollars in U.S. anti-terrorism grants under President Donald Trump’s spending plan — the third straight White House that has moved…
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