German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she would back lowering European Union tariffs on U.S. car imports, responding to an offer from Washington to abandon threatened levies on European …
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Unemployment Among Saudis Hits Record 12.9 %
Unemployment among Saudi citizens edged up to a record 12.9 percent in the first quarter of this year as private employers struggled under the weight of a new tax and …
your ads here!1968 Exhibit Looks Back at Tumultuous Year in US
The year 1968 was a time of great social and political upheaval in America. Coincidentally, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington also opened to the public that year. To …
your ads here!Iran’s OPEC Boss: Trump’s Tweets Have Added $10 to Oil Prices
U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently called on OPEC producers to help reduce oil prices, has raised prices through his tweets, Iranian OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was quoted as …
your ads here!Ford Says No Plans for Now to Hike China Prices
U.S. car maker Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it has no plans currently to hike retail prices of its imported Ford and Lincoln models in China, despite steep additional …
your ads here!House of Fear in Heart of Moscow: Soviet History in Miniature
Moscow’s most famous landmarks — Red Square, the Kremlin, and the domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral — are swarmed with World Cup fans doing a bit of sightseeing in between …
your ads here!Scientists Harvest Drinking Water from Desert Air
Scientists have developed a way to harvest water from dry desert air and the only power the device needs is sunlight. It could be useful in an increasingly water-stressed world. …
your ads here!3D Printing Used to Make Synthetic Bones for Grafts
Orthopedic surgery can be tricky. So, researchers at Northwestern University are engineering new materials to make 3D printed bones that are a perfect match, ready for grafts. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ads here!Canadian Heat Wave Leaves at Least 17 Dead
Six more people have died in Montreal due to a heat wave, bringing to 12 the city’s total death toll from the extreme weather conditions that have gripped central and …
your ads here!Students Object to University Role in Movie on Trump
A book about an alleged prophecy describing Donald Trump’s win as U.S. president is being produced as a movie by Liberty University, but students at the Christian college are pushing …
your ads here!US Offers German Automakers Solution to Trade Spat, Report Says
United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell reportedly told German auto makers Wednesday the U.S. would back off threats of tariffs on European car imports in exchange for the European …
your ads here!Scientists Create Hybrids in Race to Save Rhino Subspecies
Scientists say they’re several steps closer to perfecting a method for saving the northern white rhino from extinction. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers said Wednesday that they had …
your ads here!Europe Could Suffer Collateral Damage in US-China Trade War
European businesses are unsettled as they watch the U.S. and China collide over trade. And for good reason: the nascent global trade war could represent the biggest single threat to …
your ads here!Century’s Longest Total Lunar Eclipse to Grace the Sky
Skygazers will have a celestial treat this month, when the longest total lunar eclipse of this century will grace the night sky on the evening of July 27. NASA says …
your ads here!It Takes Chutzpah: Yiddish Version of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
It might seem meshuganah — crazy — to stage a beloved musical in a language that most of the audience won’t understand. But Tevye the dairyman and his family will …
your ads here!‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ 50 Years Later
It was 50 years ago the sci-fi epic “2001: A Space Odyssey” by author Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, opened in theaters across America to mixed reviews. The …
your ads here!Lakeith Stanfield: An Actor at Home in the Surreal
The weirder it gets, the more Lakeith Stanfield looks right at home. It was Stanfield, as the bodysnatched Andrew Hayworth, personifying the nightmare of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.” In …
your ads here!China Presses Europe for Anti-US Alliance on Trade
China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump’s trade policies at a summit this month, but it’s facing resistance, European officials said. …
your ads here!Will LA Mean LeBron Behind the Scenes and on the Big Screen?
“Space Jam 2?” A whole new “House Party” franchise? With the leadership of LeBron James, anything is possible. As James comes from Cleveland to Los Angeles looking to take the …
your ads here!AI Robot Sophia Wows at Ethiopia ICT Expo
Sophia, one of the world’s most advanced and perhaps most famous artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot, was a big hit at this year’s Information & Communication Technology International Expo in …
your ads here!Cuban Flagship Airline’s Woes Deepen After Crash
In the busy summer travel period in Cuba, a long line of people wait for hours in the sweltering heat outside the Havana office of state-owned airline Cubana, many of …
your ads here!US Allows ZTE Transactions to Maintain Networks
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday granted a temporary reprieve to ZTE that allows China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker to conduct business needed to maintain existing networks and equipment in the United …
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