Brazil’s government said late Thursday that a deal had been reached with truckers to suspend a 4-day-old strike that caused fuel shortages, cut into food deliveries, backed up exports and …
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Dying Ebola Patients Flee to Congo Prayer Meeting
Two dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a Congo hospital by their relatives on motorcycles, then taken to a prayer meeting with 50 other people, potentially exposing them all …
your ads here!Jury: Samsung Owes Apple $539M for Copying iPhone
A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone’s features to lure people into buying its competing products. The verdict …
your ads here!Pill Could Radio Doctors About Gut Health
A pill could soon radio signals from inside your gut to help doctors diagnose diseases from ulcers to cancer to inflammation, according to a new study. Scientists have developed a …
your ads here!FBI Taps Private Industry to Bring Down Hacker Clearinghouse
When a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted a Latvian software developer last week of running an underground clearinghouse for computer hackers, U.S. prosecutors highlighted it as an example of …
your ads here!Trump Signs Bill Easing Restraints on Small US Banks
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law Thursday a measure that eases rules imposed on banks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. The law …
your ads here!Africa in Spotlight at Paris Tech Fair
French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will invest $76 million in African startups, saying innovation on the continent is key to meeting challenges ranging from climate change to terrorism. …
your ads here!Buffalo: City With a Magnificent Past Fallen on Hard Times
Even though the United States is one of the richest and most technologically advanced countries in the world, about 45 million Americans live below the poverty line. In Buffalo, New …
your ads here!Deutsche Bank to Slash Thousands of Jobs to Control Costs
Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank is slashing thousands of jobs as it reshapes its stocks trading operation and refocuses its global investment banking business on its European base. The bank said …
your ads here!Mapping the Oceans’ Floors by 2030
Oceanographers often say we know much more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about nearly 70 percent of our own planet. That is because most …
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A new study by Johns Hopkins University says urban foraging, the act of finding naturally growing, edible food in urban settings in the U.S. is on the rise. But before …
your ads here!Amazon, Starbucks Pledge Money to Repeal Seattle Head Tax
Amazon, Starbucks, Vulcan and other companies have pledged a total of more than $350,000 toward an effort to repeal Seattle’s newly passed tax on large employers intended to combat homelessness. …
your ads here!Starbucks Calls Anti-Bias Training Part of ‘Long-Term Journey’
Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday revealed details of the employee anti-bias training program that will take place behind closed doors at 8,000 U.S. company-owned cafes on the afternoon of May 29. …
your ads here!Trump Says New ‘Structure’ Needed in China Trade Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday “a different structure” is needed in trade negotiations with China, but he did not provide further details on the kind of change he …
your ads here!US Health Chief Pledges More Action If Ebola Spreads
President Donald Trump’s top health official said Wednesday that the U.S. and global partners will “take the steps necessary” to try to contain a new Ebola outbreak, asserting that the …
your ads here!Lessons From Last Ebola Outbreak Guide Approach in DRC
When Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014, no one was prepared. A potential vaccine had been in limbo since a previous outbreak a decade earlier. Governments dragged their …
your ads here!Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says
Rising levels of planet-warming gases may reduce key nutrient levels in food crops, according to a new study. Rice grown while exposed to carbon dioxide levels expected by the end …
your ads here!Post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans Still Waiting for Economic Uptick
This week marks six months since Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office, after Robert Mugabe gave in to military pressure and resigned. During the weekend, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa told supporters …
your ads here!Coming Weeks Crucial in Containing Ebola Spread in DRC
Health Experts at the World Health Assembly in Geneva agree the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo can be …
your ads here!Twitter to Add Special Labels to Political Candidates in US
Twitter says it’s adding special labels to tweets from some U.S. political candidates ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Twitter says the move is to provide users with “authentic information” …
your ads here!Ethiopia Opens Telecoms Sector to Limited Competition
Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms to provide internet services through its infrastructure, a move seen as spurring competition and expanding the data market, officials …
your ads here!Two Patients Dead After Fleeing Ebola Ward in Congo
Two infected patients who fled from an Ebola treatment center in a Congo city of 1.2 million people later died, an aid group said Wednesday while asserting that “forced hospitalization …
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