HONG KONG — A brewing trade war between China and the United States sent markets reeling across Asia on Friday, following a sell-off on Wall Street overnight. Investors drove stocks into red territory from Shanghai and Hong Kong to Tokyo and Seoul as they digested news that the Trump administration would impose stiff tariffs on […]

Opinion: After yet another earnings beat, memory-chip maker commits to building out manufacturing space to make more chips Micron Technology Inc. executives have been adamant that the sudden spike in demand for its memory chips is not a short-term phenomenon. Now, they’re putting money where their mouths are. After yet another earnings beat Thursday, Micron MU, -7.57%  announced that […]

Bitcoin has fielded criticisms from governments around the world for its unpredictable market value, but in some African countries, supporters of the cryptocurrency are seeing growing interest in its trade. MARCH 23, 2018  KAMPALA, UGANDA—In a sleek new high-rise in Uganda’s capital, an enthusiastic lecturer described his financial success with the cryptocurrency bitcoin while his earnings […]

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A military-grade nerve toxin attack on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter may have left them with compromised mental capacity and it is unclear whether they will recover, a British judge said on Thursday. Britain has said Russia used a Soviet-era chemical weapon called Novichok to attack Skripal and […]

For the ninth year in a row, Vienna has topped the charts of Mercer’s annual Quality of Living index, cementing its reputation as an idyllic destination for general well-being. The Austrian capital managed to maintain its stronghold over 230 other cities in the ranking, thanks to strong scores in areas like security, public transportation, cultural […]

The United States has dropped charges against 11 of 15 guards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who were indicted over a brawl with PKK supporters in Washington D.C. in May 2017, in a decision made public late Wednesday. The prosecution first asked charges to be dropped against four of Erdoğan’s security team in November. On […]

Germany has retained its position as Europe’s largest Travel & Tourism economy, according to new research released by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today. The research shows that Germany’s Travel & Tourism sector contributed €348.1 billion to the country’s economy in 2017. This was ahead of the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. […]

While we like to think we’re tight with the royals (like, we’re not technically invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on May 19th, but that is surely an oversight), there are protocols in place that even we don’t know about. And a lot of them involve when the royal family can touch both other people and […]

In an internal email to colleagues at the University of Cambridge, data scientist Aleksandr Kogan called Facebook’s side of the story a “fabrication.” Kogan’s assertions directly contradict those of Facebook executives, who insist he “lied” when passing the data along to Cambridge Analytica.The data scientist at the center of Facebook’s data controversy says the company knew he […]

As SpaceX ramps up rocket production and rehabilitation, it’s going to need new facilities. That can be tricky for any company, but it’s a particularly difficult problem when you need to build enormous rockets suitable for interplanetary missions with large payload fairings like SpaceX’s upcoming BFR (Big Falcon Rocket). SpaceX appears to have chosen Los […]