Wall Street capped a week of volatile trading Friday with an uneven finish and the market’s first weekly gain since November. Losses in technology, energy and industrial stocks outweighed …
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Revered Israeli Writer Amos Oz Dies at 79
Renowned Israeli writer Amos Oz, a passionate peace advocate whose stirring memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness became a worldwide bestseller, died Friday at age 79, his daughter said. …
your ads here!Wells Fargo Agrees to $575 Million US Settlement on Consumer Ills
Wells Fargo agreed to a $575 million nationwide settlement over its opening of millions of unauthorized customer accounts and other alleged predatory practices, the bank and U.S. authorities announced Friday. …
your ads here!Zuckerberg Sees ‘Progress’ for Facebook After Tumultuous Year
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Friday that the world’s biggest social network has “fundamentally” changed to focus on securing its systems against manipulation and misinformation. Capping a tumultuous year …
your ads here!The Year in Science: 2018
Chemical attacks, cloning and giant black holes. The year in science was an odd and diverse series of headlines. VOA’s Kevin Enochs takes a look at some of the big …
your ads here!50th-Anniversary Woodstock Event Set for 2019
Fifty years after the Woodstock music festival became one of the watersheds of hippie counterculture, an anniversary event will take place in August 2019 on the same field north of …
your ads here!Trump EPA Says Limits on Mercury Emissions from Coal Plants Not Necessary
The Trump administration on Friday said limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants were no longer necessary as their costs outweighed the benefits, a move environmentalists said was favorable …
your ads here!US Army Looks for a Few Good Robots, Sparks Industry Battle
The U.S. Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight — not yet, at least — but to help the men and women who do. These robots …
your ads here!Cybersecurity Law: Vietnam Will Censor Internet, Not Close Websites
Expect to get caught if you post anti-government material on the internet in Vietnam or take a phishing trip. From 2019 authorities can build evidence against you from material provided …
your ads here!US Fossil Fuel Exports Spur Growth, Climate Worries
In South Korea’s largest shipyard, thousands of workers in yellow hard hats move ceaselessly between towering cranes lifting hulks of steel. They look like a hive of bees scurrying over …
your ads here!Dow Finishes Up 1.1 Percent as US Stocks Rebound
Wall Street stocks finished solidly higher Thursday following a late-afternoon surge as worries over slowing economic growth gave way to bargain-hunting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 23,138.82, an …
your ads here!Instagram ‘Back to Normal’ After Bug Triggers Temporary Change to Feed
Facebook Inc’s photo-sharing social network Instagram said on Thursday it has fixed a bug that led to a temporary change in the appearance of its feed for a large number …
your ads here!Pluto Explorer Ushering in New Year at More Distant World
The spacecraft team that brought us close-ups of Pluto will ring in the new year by exploring an even more distant and mysterious world. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will …
your ads here!Tourism Group Gives Funds to Reopen Liberty Bell for 3 Days
Tourists in Philadelphia for the holidays will be able to see the Liberty Bell this weekend despite a partial federal government shutdown that closed many national parks throughout the country. …
your ads here!Race Plays Huge Role in Cleft Lip/Palate Deformities
A cleft lip or cleft palate is one of the most common birth defects worldwide. Before birth, babies can have a split, or cleft, in their lip and the roof …
your ads here!RUSADA’s Chief Appeals to Putin Over Doping Data
The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency has asked for President Vladimir Putin’s help in getting Russian officials to hand over key doping data to World Anti-Doping Agency inspectors. WADA …
your ads here!Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Gets Some New Sparkle
Preparations for New Year’s Eve in Times Square are taking shape, and some of those shapes are 192 new crystal triangles on the famous ball. The new Waterford crystal triangles …
your ads here!Source: Foxconn to Begin Assembling Top-End Apple iPhones in India in 2019
Apple Inc will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will have made …
your ads here!Tesla Sets up Shanghai Financial Leasing Unit as China Plans Accelerate
Tesla Inc has registered a financial leasing company in China, a local business registration filing shows, in the latest sign the U.S. electric car maker is attempting to speed up …
your ads here!Aid Group: 10 Worst Climate-Linked Disasters of 2018 Caused $85B in Damage
From floods to extreme heat, 10 of the worst climate-linked disasters in 2018 caused at least $84.8 billion worth of damage, said a study released by the charity Christian Aid …
your ads here!US Legal Marijuana Industry Had Banner Year in 2018
The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream. …
your ads here!Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Reportedly Got Married
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth appear to have tied the knot amid reports the couple got married in a secret wedding ceremony. Cyrus posted three black-and-white photos of her and …
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