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  • Rocket attack on busy Damascus market kills dozens

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    At least 35 people were killed and scores wounded on Tuesday when a rocket struck a busy marketplace in a southeastern suburb of the Syrian capital, state-run news agency SANA reported. A police source told SANA the rocket landed in Kashkul market in the outskirts of Jaramana city, part of greater Damascus. The suburb, home […]

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  • Justin Timberlake show postponed due to weather

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    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a spring nor’easter hitting the mid-Atlantic and Northeast (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Justin Timberlake’s Wednesday night concert in New York City is being postponed due to the spring nor’easter. The pop star posted a video of himself in the snow on Instagram. Timberlake says his Thursday night show […]

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  • Caitlyn Jenner Reveals She Had Skin Cancer Removed from Her Nose: ‘Always Wear Your Sunblock!’

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    Caitlyn Jenner is very candid on social media. The 68-year-old activist uses Instagram as a place to share everything from beauty queries to personal updates on her transition to womanhood. And now she’s delivering a powerful PSA about practicing safe sun. Dermatologists, estheticians, and celebrities are always preaching the importance of never leaving the house without sunscreen, which for Jenner, has new meaning. The […]

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  • Sleep++ For Apple Watch: Version 3.0 Brings Automatic Tracking To App

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    Cross Forward Consulting has just launched a new update for its Sleep++ sleep tracking app. Version 3.0 brings automatic sleep tracking to the app, so users won’t have to manually set it up just so it can keep track of sleep quality, length and other metrics at night. The developer started rolling out the latest […]

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  • UK will lead European exoplanet mission

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    A telescope to study the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System will be launched by the European Space Agency in the late 2020s. The mission, to be known as Ariel, was selected by the organisation’s Science Programme Committee on Tuesday. The venture will be led scientifically from the UK by University College London astrophysicist […]

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  • Dollar stumbles as Fed stands pat on three rate hikes for 2018

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar recorded its largest one-day loss in two months against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as Federal Reserve officials stuck to their view of three rate increases for 2018 as they want to see a further pickup in inflation. The U.S. central bank as expected delivered a quarter point […]

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  • Whole Foods calls supplier summit amid Amazon angst

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    LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Whole Foods will host a summit on Tuesday for up to 200 of its suppliers, amid anxiety about how its ongoing business revamp will play out under new owner Amazon.com (AMZN.O). Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods last summer shook the grocery industry, spawning worries that the ecommerce giant […]

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  • How to Manage The Crypto Compliance Shakeout

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    Make no mistake, the crypto compliance shakeout has started. An average of $9m a day is being lost through hackers and scam projects and regulators have had enough. The wall of recent SEC subpoenas and on-going regulator attention will massively increase the focus on ICO projects over the coming year. Projects not able to demonstrate […]

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  • Israel admits striking suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007

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    Israel has for the first time confirmed that it destroyed a suspected nuclear reactor being built in Syria in 2007. The military said fighter jets bombed the al-Kibar facility in Deir al-Zour province, 450km (280 miles) north-east of Damascus, as it neared completion. Syria’s government has repeatedly denied that it was building a reactor. Israeli […]

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  • VP Hoteles Opens VP Plaza Espana Design in Madrid

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    WHY IT RATES: The new flagship property occupies prime real estate in the heart of Madrid with views of the Plaza de Espana. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Senior Writer VP Hoteles announced the opening of their flagship property, VP Plaza Espana Design 5-Star. Located in central Madrid close to cultural attractions including the Royal Palace and the […]

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