Washington (CNN)The White House is continuing its push to temper expectations around a potential face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — insisting that the US will not negotiate any concessions until Pyongyang takes concrete steps toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programs. Trump immediately touted North Korea’s pledge […]

I’ve always embraced my American identity. At 8 years old, I came home from school crying. I had found out that I could never be president of the United States. Because not only am I an American, I am also an Iranian. Now, as a fully grown woman, I still sometimes come home crying. My […]

Britain’s Prince William accompanied his wife Kate as she left hospital Monday evening after giving birth to a baby boy, the couple’s third child who is fifth in line to the British throne. The boy, weighing eight pounds and seven ounces (3.8 kilogrammes), was born at 11:01 am (1001 GMT) with William, the Duke of […]

South Korea’s biggest phone manufacturer lost its vice president to its fiercest global rival at its home ground. Apple has appointed a new leader for its business in South Korea, the home of its biggest rival, Samsung. And it’s none other than a top executive from that very company. Former Samsung Corporate Vice President Brandon Yoon has […]

NASA has partnered with The Fairchild Challenge — an annual standards-based environmental outreach programme which reaches more than 125,000 students annually — to help determine which edible plants might be suitable for growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in the Veggie growth chamber. Not only scientists with advanced degrees but students are also […]

Ten years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle and established the appeal of reading on a digital device. Four years ago, Jeff Bezos and company rolled out the Echo, prompting millions of people to start talking to a computer.  The retail and cloud computing giant has embarked on an ambitious, top-secret plan to build a domestic robot, according […]

Last week, oil prices hit their highest level since late 2014 on the back of continued global and U.S. stockpile drawdowns and expectations that oil demand growth will stay strong this year. Analysts and officials are once again trying to predict what a ‘fair’ price for oil is – a prediction that must take into […]

DNAtix’s use of the blockchain method to pay for genetic tests maintains the total confidentiality of the person giving the sample. DNAtix, which makes it possible to use blockchain to pay for genetic tests, aims to raise $30 million in cryptocurrency in an ICO. Blockchain was the latest fashion two months ago, while the human […]

The price of bitcoin was up more than 4% Tuesday, as high as $9,350 per coin, continuing a streak of gains that have pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency to its highest price since mid-March. Most cryptocurrencies saw a slight decline ahead of the US deadline for filing income taxes, which was predicted by both cryptocurrency investors as well as […]

TOKYO-Two of Mitsubishi Motors’ latest creations – the Eclipse Cross CUV and the GT-PHEV Concept – have received GOOD DESIGN™* awards from experts at The Chicago Athenaeum. The awards are an indication of the success of Mitsubishi Motors’ design renaissance, which include the face-lift for the Outlander, a string of acclaimed concept cars, and the all-new […]