Hauling nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral, with a previously-flown Dragon cargo carrier riding a reused first stage booster to kick off a nearly two-day journey to the International Space Station. The commercial cargo delivery flight departed Cape Canaveral with a […]

* Tariff exemptions talks in coming weeks, NAFTA round due * May 1 deadline set for metal tariffs exemptions * Japan tankan, euro zone inflation, U.S. jobs data due BRUSSELS, March 29 (Reuters) – A full-scale global trade war has not broken out yet – but that hasn’t stopped the market from fretting about one […]

The White House has criticised China after it imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork and wine. Beijing put duties of up to 25% on 128 American imports following President Donald Trump’s decision to slap taxes on imports of steel and aluminium. China said the move was intended to […]

Japanese online brokerage firm Monex is reportedly considering a buyout of Tokyo-based Coincheck, the cryptocurrency exchange at the center of the recent $530 million NEM theft. Japanese financial publication Nikkei is reporting an offer from online brokerage Monex Group to buy a majority stake in cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. The offer comes ten weeks after the platform suffered […]

It’s not about sleek graphics or the presentation software you use. It’s about whether the story you tell resonates with your audience’s needs. If you ask anyone what they think of PowerPoint presentations, they’ll probably give you a strong reaction. But whether you love, hate, or want to ban them from your world forever, the […]

Another day, another ’80s beauty trend rises from the dead. This time, the look comes courtesy of Kim Kardashian, who is working very hard to make electric blue eyeshadow cool again. And you know what? This is an army pants and flip flops-type situation we want to get in on, too. On March 31, Kim […]

Maya Angelou wrote about a car ride in Ghana with Malcolm X. It was the height of the Civil Rights era, and Angelou was expressing her disdain for a particular activist’s lack of faith, and isolation from the Black American struggle. Malcolm X’s response was swift and harsh. “Sister,” he said. “Picture American racism as […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Straddled across Ausberto Maldonado’s backyard in Bayamon, a suburb of San Juan, is a nagging reminder of Hurricane Maria’s destructive power. “See, that tree broke off that branch, which is as thick as a tree — and now it’s in my yard,” said Maldonado, a 65-year-old retiree. The downed tree […]

As it does every year, TripAdvisor has announced the top ten destinations on the rise in 2018. To make the list, the travel site has pulled its list from a combination of travel reviews, online buzz and its own expertise. All in all, it’s a fairly diverse selection, with an understandable bias toward beautiful beaches. With […]

Is Tony Stark getting a Wakandan upgrade come Avengers: Infinity War? The armor-clad Avenger’s suit is a perennial work in progress, its genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist inventor doling out update after update to improve the design he originally conceived a decade ago (in a cave with a box of scraps). With Infinity War, Stark dons his most advanced and formidable suit yet: one […]