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  • SpaceX supply ship departs Cape Canaveral for space station

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    Hauling nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral, with a previously-flown Dragon cargo carrier riding a reused first stage booster to kick off a nearly two-day journey to the International Space Station. The commercial cargo delivery flight departed Cape Canaveral with a […]

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  • Trade conflict fears to keep markets on edge for weeks

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    * Tariff exemptions talks in coming weeks, NAFTA round due * May 1 deadline set for metal tariffs exemptions * Japan tankan, euro zone inflation, U.S. jobs data due BRUSSELS, March 29 (Reuters) – A full-scale global trade war has not broken out yet – but that hasn’t stopped the market from fretting about one […]

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  • White House criticises China for $3bn tariffs on US imports

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    The White House has criticised China after it imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork and wine. Beijing put duties of up to 25% on 128 American imports following President Donald Trump’s decision to slap taxes on imports of steel and aluminium. China said the move was intended to […]

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  • 4 Things You Need to Know Before Investing in Bitcoin in 2018

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    Are you intrigued by all the news about Bitcoin? Cryptocurrencies have emerged in popularity over the past year, thanks mostly to its incredible rise in value. In January 2017, Bitcoin was priced at $1,000. In December, it reached $19,000, an all-time high. The price of Bitcoin has since plummeted, but many people still want to […]

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  • Major Japanese Brokerage Could Rescue Crypto Exchange Coincheck

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    Japanese online brokerage firm Monex is reportedly considering a buyout of Tokyo-based Coincheck, the cryptocurrency exchange at the center of the recent $530 million NEM theft. Japanese financial publication Nikkei is reporting an offer from online brokerage Monex Group to buy a majority stake in cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. The offer comes ten weeks after the platform suffered […]

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  • DKNY, Donna Karan to give up fur

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    Fashion labels DKNY and Donna Karan have become the latest major brands to abolish the use of fur in their collections. The news was announced during their parent company G-III’s 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2018 Earnings Conference, reports the animal welfare group Humane Society International (HSI). Morris Goldfarb, G-III CEO, confirmed that […]

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  • Pucker up with super-matt pink lips

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    This spring you might choose to keep your face as calm and unadorned as possible and let a great slash of pink lipstick do the talking for you At the Maison Margiela show, Pat McGrath painted models with bare, glossy faces, and super-matt fuchsia lips. When you looked closely, the lips revealed themselves to be […]

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  • Arnaud Beltrame: France lauds policeman who swapped with hostage

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    Tributes are pouring in for a French police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege by an Islamist gunman on Friday. Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the captives following a shooting spree in southern France. Flags are being flown at […]

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  • With new ships entering China, SkySea faced choppy waters

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    SkySea Cruise Line, a joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Chinese OTA Ctrip.com International, was conceived in 2013 when the Chinese market was served almost exclusively by older ships. However, as bigger and newer ships arrived in China, SkySea failed to establish a sustainable role, said president Ken Muskat. As reported last week, the one-ship […]

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  • Selena Gomez Hangs Out With Friends at Roller Rink in L.A. After Justin Bieber’s Night With Baskin Champion

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    Selena Gomez is back from Australia, but seeing her boyfriend didn’t seem to be at the top of the list after he was photographed with Baskin Champion. The 25-year-old singer-actress returned home to Los Angeles on Friday, before heading out with friends for a fun night of roller skating. Gomez was spotted at Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, California, hanging out with […]

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