U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in December amid a cooling in demand for goods, but supply constraints are starting to ease and a measure of prices paid for inputs by factories…
more ...Biden Touts Deal Delaying 5G Rollout by AT&T, Verizon
President Joe Biden touted an agreement Tuesday between wireless carriers and U.S. regulators to allow the deployment of 5G wireless technology in two weeks. AT&T and Verizon said Monday they…
more ...Wildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves
Rangers protecting threatened wildlife in Cambodia are using artificial intelligence to predict poachers’ next moves. Matt Dibble reports. …
more ...China’s Economy Could Overtake US Economy by 2030
China’s economy will increasingly rely on state investment, high-tech development and domestic consumption – with less input from its past staple of export manufacturing – as it stands to overtake…
more ...Biden Unveils Plan to Boost Competition in US Meat Industry
The United States will issue new rules and $1 billion in funding this year to support independent meat processors and ranchers as part of a plan to address a lack…
more ...Markets Open 2022 With Records, Apple Briefly Hits $3 Trillion in Value
Global stocks began 2022 in bullish fashion, with major bourses notching records and Apple’s valuation briefly hitting $3 trillion as investors monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and looming central bank rate…
more ...World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Show Goes Hybrid
It’s a chaotic time for the Consumer Electronics Show 2022, the world’s largest technology event. Last-minute COVID-19-related cancellations have wreaked havoc on the organizers’ plans to host exhibitors and welcome…
more ...Tesla Delivered Nearly a Million Cars Worldwide in 2021
U.S. premium electric vehicle maker Tesla said on Sunday it delivered nearly 1 million vehicles in 2021, almost twice as many as 2020, doing better than expected despite global supply…
more ...Airlines Grapple with Omicron-Related Disruptions to Start 2022
More than 3,000 flights were canceled around the world on Sunday, more than half of them U.S. flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions due to adverse…
more ...Twitter Bans US Lawmaker’s Personal Account for COVID-19 Misinformation
Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company. The Georgia Republican’s…
more ...Record Cargo Shipped Through Egypt’s Suez Canal Last Year
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said the key waterway netted record revenues last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic and a six-day blockage by a giant cargo ship, the Ever Given. Connecting…
more ...Solar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land
Looking west from Hazel Mountain, Brad Kreps can see forested hills stretching to the Tennessee border and beyond, but it is the flat, denuded area in front of him he…
more ...US Takes Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea Off Africa Duty-free Trade Program
The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden’s threat to do so over accusations of…
more ...US Seeks New 5G Delay to Study Interference with Planes
U.S. authorities have asked telecom operators AT&T and Verizon to delay for up to two weeks their already postponed rollout of 5G networks amid uncertainty about interference with vital flight…
more ...US Officials Ask AT&T, Verizon to Delay 5G Wireless Near Certain Airports
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new…
more ...Wave of Canceled Flights from Omicron Closes out 2021
More canceled flights frustrated air travelers on the final day of 2021 and appeared all but certain to inconvenience hundreds of thousands more over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Airlines…
more ...Omicron Surge Prompts CES to Trim a Day from Schedule
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show will end a day earlier than planned, the organizer of the global technology and gadget show said, after companies including Amazon and General Motors dropped…
more ...Tesla Recalls 675,000 Cars in US, China
Tesla has recalled 675,000 cars in the United States and China over issues with the trunk and front hood of two models, raising new questions about the safety of the…
more ...US Jobless Claims Dip Below 200,000
Applications for state unemployment benefits fell by 8,000 from 206,000 applications last report to 198,000 for the week ending December 25, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists had predicted…
more ...Iran Says Rocket Launch Sent 3 ‘Research Payloads’ Into Space
Iran has used a satellite launch rocket to send three research devices into space, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday, as indirect U.S.-Iran talks take place in Austria to…
more ...2 US Stock Market Indexes Set Records as Omicron Worries Ease
The Dow and S&P 500 closed at all-time highs on Wednesday on a boost from retailers including Walgreens and Nike as investors shrugged off concerns on the spreading omicron variant. …
more ...US Goods Trade Gap Hits Record; Pending Home Sales Slip
The U.S. trade deficit in goods mushroomed to the widest ever in November as imports of consumer goods shot to a record ahead of the second straight COVID-19-distorted holiday shopping…
more ...Kenyan Slum Dwellers Evicted for China-Built Nairobi Expressway
Rights groups in Kenya are pushing authorities to resettle tens of thousands of squatters evicted just ahead of the holidays to make way for a Chinese-backed expressway. Kenyan Lucy Wangare, in her forties, cleans…
more ...Russian Gas Supplies to Europe Under Scrutiny
With the arrival of winter in Europe and energy prices soaring, tensions are running high over the provision of gas from Russia — especially through the Yamal-Europe pipeline that runs through…
more ...The Euro: How It Started 20 Years Ago
As Europe rang in the New Year 20 years ago, 12 of its nations said goodbye to their deutschmarks, French francs, liras and pesetas as they welcomed the euro single…
more ...A Year After Booting Trump, Social Media Companies Face More Challenges Over Elections
For U.S. social media companies, the violent mob storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6 last year spurred action. They shut down then-President Donald Trump’s accounts. One year later, are…
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