Emirates Airlines agreed to buy 40 Boeing 787-10s in a deal worth more than $15 billion. The purchase was announced Sunday at the Dubai Air Show by the largest airline…
more ...West Virginia Mine Sites Touted for Agriculture Potential
West Virginia could produce profitable niche crops grown on reclaimed mine sites. At least that’s what Nathan Hall, president of Reclaim Appalachia envisions. Hall spoke about uses for reclaimed sites…
more ...ANYmal Has Four Legs, Good Balance, and Batteries Included
Prepare to be amazed … and possibly terrified. Engineers in Zurich have created a four-legged robot that may one day do labor that is dangerous for humans. It’s also equipped…
more ...US Again Raising Beef for Chinese Consumers
Ranchers in the Midwestern U.S. state of Nebraska are raising beef for tables in China, reopening trade suspended more than a decade ago during concerns over mad cow disease. From…
more ...Cambodian Netizens Face New Risks as Government Tightens Online Controls
In Cambodia, one of Asia’s poorest countries, the rapid improvement in internet connectivity and availability of affordable smartphones has been a great leveler. Many of its roughly 15 million urban…
more ...Bots Battle for Ball, and Globe, in Robot Olympiad
The World Robot Olympiad, being held in Costa Rica this weekend, shows human athletes still have little to worry about: Sweat and glory do not compute well when relegated to…
more ...Venezuela’s Misery Could Worsen With Debt Default
Luber Faneitte has lung cancer but there’s no medicine to treat it. She cannot make ends meet. Crime is rampant in her neighborhood. And she fears that if Venezuela defaults…
more ...Indian Wheat Makes History, Arriving in Afghanistan Via Iran
Afghanistan has received an inaugural consignment of wheat from India through an Iranian port, opening a new trade and transit route for the landlocked nation that bypasses neighboring Pakistan. The…
more ...Trump Arrives in Hanoi
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, Saturday evening for a state banquet, followed by a day of meetings with Vietnamese leaders. He has been in Danang, where…
more ...Happy ‘Singles Day’: Chinese Spend Billions in Annual Shopping Spree
Chinese consumers are spending billions of dollars shopping online for anything from diapers to diamonds on “Singles Day,” a day of promotions that has grown into the world’s biggest e-commerce…
more ...Despite Tough US Talk on Trade, Experts See Greater Trade Opportunities
Despite President Donald Trump’s tough talk on trade at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, international business leaders say they are excited by the prospects of greater cooperation among…
more ...Finding a Life, Purpose and Success Through Pizza
Kurdish refugee Hakki Akdeniz left Turkey in 1999 and came to New York City. At times he was homeless and often wondered where his next meal would come from. But…
more ...Grammar-Proofing Startup by Ukrainian Techies Helps Foreign Students
Some foreign students in U.S. schools find it challenging to submit grammatically correct, idiomatically accurate papers. So two former Ukrainian graduate students launched an artificial intelligence-driven grammar-proofing program that goes…
more ...Drones Increasingly Used in Police Work
Aerial surveillance can be an indispensable part of police or security work. But small police forces certainly can’t afford planes or helicopters to help them do their jobs. So increasingly,…
more ...UN to Host Talks on Use of ‘Killer Robots’
The United Nations is set to host talks on the use of autonomous weapons, but those hoping for a ban on the machines dubbed “killer robots” will be disappointed, the…
more ...Critics: Britain Dragging Its Feet on Tax Haven Clampdown as Brexit Looms
From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to Formula One racing champion Lewis Hamilton — the leak of more than 14 million documents from firms involved in offshore finance, known as the Paradise…
more ...Maine Blueberry Harvest Down as Industry Looks for Buyers
Maine’s wild blueberry crop fell sharply this summer to land below 100 million pounds (45.3 million kilograms) for the first time in four years, according to a trade group that…
more ...Falling Cocoa Prices Hit African Farmers
The large drop in global cocoa prices has hurt African farmers, leading some to abandon their plantations. In Cameroon, however, cocoa producers are mapping out ways to encourage more local…
more ...Fighting an Ocean of Plastic With a Plucky Pump
The results of three recent separate studies are staggering, the oceans are filled with about 5 trillion bits and bobs of plastic debris. Now, one English sailing team is doing…
more ...Trump’s China Stop Provides Feel Good Breather, but Challenges Remain
President Donald Trump’s two-day stop in China saw the signing of $250 billion in deals between the world’s two biggest economies and the two countries aligning themselves closer in resolute…
more ...Wall Street on a Run That’s Shattering Milestones
Donald Trump warned that the stock market was a “big, fat, ugly bubble” just weeks before he was elected. A year later, Wall Street remains on a milestone-shattering run that…
more ...From Grey to Green: Smokestack Cities Power to Bright Future
Bicycle highways, urban farms and local energy hubs — just some of the ways that yesterday’s smokestack cities are turning into tomorrow’s green spaces. The Urban Transitions Alliance (UTA), a…
more ...Frog-count App Aims for Deep Dive into Australia’s Population
An Australian museum has teamed up with computer giant International Business Machines to count the country’s native frog population, and they want amphibian enthusiasts to jump on board. The Australian…
more ...Bloomberg Gives $50 Million to Aid Shift from Coal Worldwide
Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg is donating $50 million to help nations around the world shift from coal to combat pollution and climate change, expanding his funding…
more ...FBI Yet to Access Texas Shooter’s Phone
The FBI has yet to gain access to data on Devin Kelley’s phone four days after the former airman killed 26 churchgoers in Texas in the deadliest mass shooting in…
more ...Video Games Could Be Next for Snapchat, China’s Tencent Says
Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent Holdings Ltd. on Thursday flagged video games and ad sales as areas where it thinks it could help Snapchat owner Snap after acquiring…
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