NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crude prices and global equity markets fell on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante in a trade dispute with China that added to investor jitters about the potential impact the heated rhetoric may have on the world economy. MSCI’s gauge of worldwide stock indexes fell 0.65 percent, and […]

IBM has partnered with non-profit Sovrin Foundation to build a global blockchain network. IBM will serve as a “founding steward,” supplying hardware, security, and network capacity towards a digital identity network for individuals and businesses, Sovrin foundation chair Phil Windley told Reuters in an interview. Other international IT firms are already involved in the project, with Deutsche […]

Design Army has made the chicken. Now it’s going back to the egg. The Washington, D.C., agency, perhaps best known for its gorgeously crafted ads for Georgetown Optician, is planning to open a new space in a warehouse district over on the Maryland border. But it’s not another office, or even a traditional workspace. It’s intended to […]

esearchers assessed dietary and exercise patterns to determine why metabolic syndrome occurs in some obese individuals and not in others. Obesity is linked to metabolic syndrome, which is a collection of risk factors that increase the likelihood of disorders such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Some of these risk factors include high blood pressure and an […]

And let me tell you how big of a deal that is. On a good day, my combination skin is acne prone if I switch up my routine in the slightest. Forget to take off my makeup after one night of going out? Chin zit. Try the new moisturizer everybody’s raving about? Double chin zit. […]

SAO PAULO – A former shoeshine boy and steelworker who rose to become one of Brazil’s most popular presidents, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s downfall has been just as dramatic. At 72, the lifelong fighter finds himself on the ropes following a Supreme Court ruling that could see him soon sent to prison. The two-term former […]

Okay, you’re probably not going to the royal wedding, with all its pomp and ceremony, but just before or just after the event would be a terrific time to visit London, when the capital city will be at it’s well-groomed best. I’ve lived there, and visit frequently, so here are some insider, wide-ranging tips from my own […]

Emily Blunt says she knew “disarmingly soon” that John Krasinski, 38, was the one for her. The London-born actress, 35, says she was sitting at a restaurant with a friend when The Office star walked in. “We were discussing how much I was enjoying being single. And then [my friend] goes, ‘Oh, my God, there’s my friend John.’ And […]

As CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before Congress next week to answer questions about the company’s privacy and data policies, Facebook announced a slew of changes to its APIs. The changes don’t come as a surprise — Facebook already announced that it was conducting an audit of “all apps that had access to large amounts of information […]

The researchers believe that the destabilization of the Higgs boson particle might be the catalyst for such an event. Recent research from a team of physicists from Harvard University suggests that the end of the universe might take place in the same way it had started. The researchers’ findings also include a possible timeline for […]