The Juno spacecraft has found that the giant planet Jupiter is full of big surprises; its interior composition and structure seem to be quite different, and its winds even more active, than originally thought. Now, giant cyclones at the planet’s poles have been seen in greater detail than ever before. They are not only stunning, […]

(Reuters) – Most Asian currencies softened versus the dollar on Monday, marking a slow start to a potentially tense week amid caution ahead of a key U.S. Federal meeting. Markets are bracing for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s first monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and a widely expected 25 basis point rate hike. The key […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will invest an additional $2 billion in Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada Group and replace its chief executive, consolidating its control over the firm as it targets an aggressive expansion in the region. Long-time Alibaba executive Lucy Peng will take over as Lazada’s chief executive, replacing […]

Vladimir Putin won a landslide election victory on Sunday — the fourth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea — extending his presidency by another six years as he easily breezed past a field of minor candidates left by the disqualification of his only credible rival. If Putin serves to the end of his new fourth […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and […]

Checking into a hotel with a kid these days doesn’t have to be a stressful experience. In fact, resorts are going out of their way to make the kids happy — thereby making the parents happy, too. Recently, on a cold, snowy night, my husband and I decided to do a staycation in New York City. […]

Apple’s lineup of MacBook laptops is likely to show better year-over-year (YoY) growth in shipments in 2018 – between 13-16 percent – which will be better growth than the company’s iPad and even iPhonelineups will see in the same period, a new report by Taiwan-based market research firm KGI Securitiessaid. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo – arguably the most trusted Apple analyst globally […]

Even though it may feel like it’s oh so far away, especially if you’re living in the northeast, spring will be here before you know it. And “officially” the first day of spring this year is March 20. Whether your particular place of residence’s weather decides to cooperate is iffy, it’s “scheduled” all the same. […]

Oil and gas executives, worried new steel tariffs will crimp their business and that Donald Trump will pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, delivered those concerns directly to the president. The executives from major oil companies, including ExxonMobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, met with Trump at 2:30 p.m. […]

  The United Arab Emirates have a very particular goal, set to be accomplished by 2020: they aim to become the first blockchain-powered country on the planet. So it’s no wonder that one of the most important blockchain-related events in the world are being held there – which will help them achieve this objective, while […]