A global giant in technology completes a space launch as it aims to eventually send a probe to the moon. Plus, NASA launches its latest deep-space explorer and a look…
more ...US Outlines Response as Climate Change Drives Migration
Worsening climate change requires that the United States do much more to track, ease and manage flows of refugees fleeing natural disasters, the Biden administration said Thursday in what it…
more ...Facebook Kept Oversight Board in Dark about Special Treatment of VIP Accounts
Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board criticized the company Thursday, saying many high-profile accounts such as celebrities and politicians are not held to the same standards as other accounts. In a blog…
more ...US Jobless Benefit Claims Dropped Again Last Week
First-time claims for U.S. unemployment compensation edged lower last week, dropping for a second straight week to their lowest point since the coronavirus pandemic swept into the United States more…
more ...Europe’s Energy Crunch Set to Worsen as Russia Refrains From Boosting Gas Exports
A week ago, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would be prepared to increase natural gas exports to help Europe with an energy crunch that has triggered soaring prices. But there…
more ...New Name for Facebook? Critics Cry Smoke and Mirrors
Facebook critics pounced Wednesday on a report that the social network plans to rename itself, arguing it may be seeking to distract from recent scandals and controversy. The report from…
more ...Global Supply Chain Disruption Forces US Consumers to Go Without
China is the center of manufacturing for the world, and when COVID-19 hit, manufacturing was disrupted. Producing delays gave way to shipping delays. Now it’s difficult, sometimes impossible, to get…
more ...Facebook to Pay Up to 14 Million Over Discrimination Against US Workers
Facebook must pay a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million in back pay to eligible victims who say the company discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of foreign…
more ...Myanmar Junta Minister Blames Economic Woes Partly on Foreign-Backed ‘Sabotage’
Myanmar’s military-appointed authorities are doing their best to revive an economy in turmoil since a February coup and stabilize the kyat currency, a minister told Reuters on Tuesday, blaming the…
more ...Afghan Women Lose Businesses as Taliban Bar Them From Work
Afghan businesswomen say that they have been forced to close their businesses as the Taliban have imposed a ban on women working outside. Yalda Baktash has the story. Script writer:…
more ...Catching a Ride: A ‘Robotaxi’ Drives Itself to You
Consider it a “robotaxi.” For customers who need a ride in Las Vegas, they can now use a ride-hailing startup whose cars drive themselves to customers. Tina Trinh reports. …
more ...Gamestop Mania Severely Tested Market System, Regulator Says
The U.S. stock market certainly shook when hundreds of thousands of regular people suddenly piled into GameStop early this year, driving its price to heights that shocked professional investors. But…
more ...US Treasury Department Says It Needs to Modernize Its Economic Sanctions
The Treasury Department says the economic and financial sanctions the United States has employed over the past two decades to battle global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, drug cartels and other threats…
more ...Some Zimbabweans Affected by Cyclone Turn to Bee-Keeping for Survival
After Cyclone Idai hit in 2019, some Zimbabweans turned to activities like illegal gold panning to survive. Now Voluntary Service Overseas, an international development charity, is giving them a new…
more ...‘Unintentional Gift’: US Steps into China’s Bitcoin Breach
The long sheds at North America’s largest bitcoin mine look endless in the Texas sun, packed with the type of machines that have helped the United States to become the new…
more ...China’s Economic Growth Weakens Amid Construction Slowdown
China’s economic growth is sinking under pressure from a construction slowdown and power shortages, prompting warnings about a possible shock to its trading partners and global financial markets. The world’s second-largest economy…
more ...Facebook Plans to Hire 10,000 in EU to Build ‘Metaverse’
Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform. The company said in a blog…
more ...Zimbabwe Government: No COVID-19 Shot, No Work, No Pay
Union leaders have angrily reacted to the Zimbabwean government’s announcement Sunday that workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer be allowed at work and will not…
more ...Unhappy With Prices, US Ranchers Look to Build Own Meat Plants
Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as the cost of beef at…
more ...World Donors Seek Ways to Help Afghans, Not Taliban
At an emergency conference this week, the European Union pledged more than 1 billion dollars in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and neighboring countries, as the United Nations warns millions of…
more ...US Puts Cryptocurrency Industry on Notice Over Ransomware Attacks
Suspected ransomware payments totaling $590 million were made in the first six months of this year, more than the $416 million reported for all of 2020, U.S. authorities said on…
more ...US Donates 9.6 Million Additional COVID-19 Doses to Pakistan
The United States announced Friday an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being shipped to Pakistan through the global vaccine-sharing COVAX initiative. The shipment brings to more than 25…
more ...Pandemic’s Economic Impact in Kenya Has Driven Some to Illegal Fishing
Kenyan authorities say the economic losses caused by COVID are driving more people to fish illegally. Poaching has tripled since last year and caused the daily catch to drop from…
more ...Facebook Objects to Releasing Private Posts About Myanmar’s Rohingya Campaign
Facebook was used to spread disinformation about the Rohingya, the Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, and in 2018 the company began to delete posts, accounts and other content it determined…
more ...US Authorities Disclose Ransomware Attacks Against Water Facilities
U.S. authorities said on Thursday that four ransomware attacks had penetrated water and wastewater facilities in the past year, and they warned similar plants to check for signs of intrusions…
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