Republican Senator John McCain is perhaps the best known person who has brain cancer. His is a glioblastoma, the most deadly type. Since McCain announced the news last year, he…
more ...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 rand ($514 million) a year in potential tax revenue, a…
more ...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 that appear meant for private use, suggesting there may have…
more ...Merkel Would Back Cutting EU Tariffs on US Car Imports
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she would back lowering European Union tariffs on U.S. car imports, responding to an offer from Washington to abandon threatened levies on European…
more ...Unemployment Among Saudis Hits Record 12.9 %
Unemployment among Saudi citizens edged up to a record 12.9 percent in the first quarter of this year as private employers struggled under the weight of a new tax and…
more ...Iran’s OPEC Boss: Trump’s Tweets Have Added $10 to Oil Prices
U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently called on OPEC producers to help reduce oil prices, has raised prices through his tweets, Iranian OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was quoted as…
more ...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 sunlight. It could be useful in an increasingly water-stressed world.…
more ...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 tariffs on $34 billion worth of goods from China on…
more ...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 are a perfect match, ready for grafts. Faith Lapidus reports.…
more ...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 tariffs on European car imports in exchange for the European…
more ...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 global trade war could represent the biggest single threat to…
more ...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 a summit this month, but it’s facing resistance, European officials said.…
more ...AI Robot Sophia Wows at Ethiopia ICT Expo
Sophia, one of the world’s most advanced and perhaps most famous artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot, was a big hit at this year’s Information & Communication Technology International Expo in…
more ...Fears Mounting Over Possible Trade War
President Donald Trump continues to turn up the heat on trade, a tactic that he insists will result in better deals for the American people. But the president’s rhetoric has…
more ...Cuban Flagship Airline’s Woes Deepen After Crash
In the busy summer travel period in Cuba, a long line of people wait for hours in the sweltering heat outside the Havana office of state-owned airline Cubana, many of…
more ...US Allows ZTE Transactions to Maintain Networks
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday granted a temporary reprieve to ZTE that allows China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker to conduct business needed to maintain existing networks and equipment in the United…
more ...Ex-Brazil Tycoon Batista Handed 30-Year Sentence for Corruption
Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil’s richest man, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for bribing Rio de Janeiro state’s disgraced…
more ...How Much Artificial Intelligence Surveillance Is Too Much?
When a CIA-backed venture capital fund took an interest in Rana el Kaliouby’s face-scanning technology for detecting emotions, the computer scientist and her colleagues did some soul-searching — and then…
more ...India Demands Facebook Curb Spread of False Information on WhatsApp
India has asked Facebook to prevent the spread of false texts on its WhatsApp messaging application, saying the content has sparked a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the…
more ...Over 40 Countries Object at WTO to US Car Tariff Plan
Major U.S. trading partners including the European Union, China and Japan voiced deep concern at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday about possible U.S. measures imposing additional duties on…
more ...Small Shop Owners Protest Walmart Entry to India’s Online Market
Worried that Walmart’s $16 billion deal to takeover India’s biggest e-commerce company will force millions of mom and pop stores out of business, hundreds of shop owners in several cities…
more ...Zimbabwe’s Government Dismisses HRW Report on Child Labor
Zimbabwe’s government is denying a report from Human Rights Watch that documented extensive child labor on the country’s tobacco farms. Some of the children are as young as 10 years…
more ...Fish for Flour? Barter is New Currency in Collapsing Venezuela
Under the midday sun, dozens of fishermen wait to sell their day’s catch by a lagoon in the town of Rio Chico on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. But they…
more ...Shouting CEO, Changing Rules: Inside Tesla’s Model 3-building Sprint
A tense and short-tempered Chief Executive Elon Musk barked at engineers on the Fremont, California assembly line. Tesla Inc. pulled workers from other departments to keep pumping out the Model…
more ...Portuguese Tech Firm Uncorks a Smartphone Made Using Cork
A Portuguese tech firm is uncorking an Android smartphone whose case is made from cork, a natural and renewable material native to the Iberian country. The Ikimobile phone is one…
more ...2001: A Space Odyssey, 50 Years Later
It was 50 years ago the sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey by author Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, opened in theaters across America to mixed reviews. The…
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