Tennis fans have descended on New York to watch the world’s best players at the US Open — one of four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the world. With so …
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Facebook, Twitter, Step Up Defenses Ahead of Midterm Election
Facebook and Twitter executives defended their efforts to prevent Russian meddling in U.S. midterm elections before congressional panels Wednesday. The social media companies’ efforts to provide assurances to lawmakers come …
your ads here!Gordon Fizzles; Hurricane Florence Waits in the Wings
Tropical Storm Gordon weakened Wednesday into a tropical depression, while forecasters kept their eyes on a strong storm churning in the Atlantic. Gordon never strengthened into a hurricane but still brought …
your ads here!Warnings of Huge Disruption as Britain Prepares for Possible Cliff-Edge Brexit
Britain risks huge disruptions to its economy and society, including trade, transport, health care and citizens’ rights, if it leaves the European Union next March without a deal. That’s the …
your ads here!Museum: Centuries-old Torah Not Burned in Rio Blaze
Brazil’s National Museum said Wednesday that centuries-old Torah scrolls, considered to be some of Judaism’s oldest documents, had been moved before a massive fire ravaged the place and gutted much …
your ads here!Canada’s Strong-willed Foreign Minister Leads Trade Talks
She is many things that would seem to irritate President Donald Trump: a liberal Canadian former journalist. That makes Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland an unusual choice to lead Canada’s negotiations …
your ads here!Major Opioid Maker to Pay for Overdose-Antidote Development
A company whose prescription opioid marketing practices are being blamed for sparking the addiction and overdose crisis says it’s helping to fund an effort to make a lower-cost overdose antidote. …
your ads here!Trump Team, Canada Officials Resume Talks to Revamp NAFTA
Trump administration officials and Canadian negotiators are resuming talks to try to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc with the United States and Mexico. “We are looking forward …
your ads here!Kim Kardashian Meeting with Trump on Prison Reform
Reality television star Kim Kardashian West, who successfully pushed President Donald Trump to grant a pardon for a drug offender earlier this year, returned to the White House on Wednesday …
your ads here!Transcript: ‘Russian Troll Hunter’ on Unmasking Phony Online Profiles
Josh Russell works as a systems analyst and programmer at Indiana University, has two daughters, and exposes Russian internet trolls in his spare time. Russell first became interested in the …
your ads here!East Africa Gets Easy Money Transfer System
An international money transfer company has launched an online service for East Africans to send and receive money more easily. Analysts say WorldRemit will lower the cost of transferring money …
your ads here!Facebook, Twitter Executives Testify on Capitol Hill; Google Absent
Facebook and Twitter executives insisted at a Senate hearing Wednesday that they were aggressively trying to identify foreign actors who wanted to inflict damage on the U.S. before the November midterm …
your ads here!Collapsing Emerging-Market Currencies Spark Concerns
First it was Argentina, quickly followed by Turkey. Now anxious investors and policy-makers are watching with alarm the plummeting currencies of several emerging-market economies, most of which have borrowed heavily …
your ads here!Art Collection Depicts Africa as a Woman Being Lured by China
Kenyan artist Michael Soi is criticizing China’s relationship with Africa through his collection of paintings at Nairobi’s Circle Art Gallery that depict the interest that China is showing in Africa. …
your ads here!Transcript: Target in Latest Hack says Journalist, Researcher Attacks ‘More Widespread than People Realize’
Ben Judah is the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire, a contributing writer at Politico, and an expert at the Hudson Institute. His think tank project on modern-day …
your ads here!Scientist Trains Cameroon’s Future Innovators with Focus on Girls
The technology sector provides many jobs for today’s innovators. But one scientist and teacher in Cameroon says there’s no reason why women should not be part of that technological growth. …
your ads here!Scientist Looks to Train Cameroon’s Future Innovators with Focus on Girls
The technology sector provides many jobs for today’s innovators. But one scientist and teacher in Cameroon says there’s no reason why women should not be part of that technological growth. …
your ads here!Level Up: With Xbox Adaptive Controller, Anyone Can Play
Many people enjoy playing video games but take for granted that they can hold and easily operate game controllers. Now Microsoft is making it possible for disabled gamers to join …
your ads here!Wild Blueberries Sing the Blues, With Industry in Decline
In the era of superfoods, Maine blueberries aren’t so super. The Maine wild blueberry industry harvests one of the most beloved fruit crops in New England, but it’s locked …
your ads here!Facebook, Twitter to Face US Lawmakers Over Politics, Internet
Top Twitter and Facebook executives will defend their companies before U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, with Facebook insisting it takes election interference seriously and Twitter denying its operations are influenced by …
your ads here!Fragments Found in Brazil Museum Fire Provide Some Hope
Firefighters found bone fragments from a collection in the still-smoldering National Museum, an official said Tuesday, raising hopes that a famed skull might somehow have survived a massive blaze that …
your ads here!Venezuelan Gas Lines Stretch as New Payment System Flops
Frustrated Venezuelan drivers faced lengthy lines for gasoline in border states Tuesday as the government struggled to roll out a new payment system that President Nicolas Maduro says will reduce …
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