WhatsApp confirms ‘targeted’ surveillance attack
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a "select number" of users, and was orchestrated by "an advanced cyber actor".
Trump fixated on tariffs while China pursues digital market domination
China’s economy will also most likely grow to be bigger than that of the U.S., and at the moment, this seems inevitable.
The US-China tariff battle is the beginning of a global trade...
The prediction comes as the U.S. and China continue to square off in a trade war that has turned the global markets upside down.
Drug companies inflate prices over 1,000%; 44 U.S. states are suing
44 U.S. states filed a lawsuit in which they're accusing Teva Pharmaceuticals USA of orchestrating a scheme with 19 other drug companies to inflate drug prices
Facebook co-founder calls on the government to break up the company
Facebook co-founder in a New York Times editorial today said the social networking giant has become a corporate monopoly with too much power and said the federal government needs to step in and break up the company.
Deadly thunderstorms leave a trail of destruction across south-central US
Deadly thunderstorms unleashed baseball-sized hail, flooding rainfall and numerous tornadoes across western portions of Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday into late Wednesday
South Africa election: ANC in the lead
South Africa - With results declared in some 23% of districts, the ANC has won about 55% of the ballot, well...
Trade war threatens to enrage 2020 race as Republicans complain about...
President Trump’s aggressive trade policies are running head first into his campaign for reelection.
UN to conclude hearings on Qatar’s complaint against the UAE and...
UN - The Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) concluded its work after reviewing the complaint submitted...
Humans Are Speeding Up Extinction and Altering the Natural World
Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a sweeping U.N. report on how humanity's burgeoning growth is putting the world's biodiversity at perilous risk.
No matter what Trump says, tariffs aren’t boosting the American economy
In threatening an escalation of a trade war with China over the weekend, President Donald Trump claimed that the tariffs already in place have boosted the economy.
41 dead after Aeroflot plane’s emergency landing, fire at Sheremetyevo...
41 people were killed Sunday after a Russian airliner made a hard emergency landing and caught fire at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, officials said.
U.S. citizen arrested in Italy for suspected murder of shopkeeper
A U.S. citizen was arrested on Saturday and is suspected of murdering a shopkeeper in a town near Rome, police said.
North Korea launches short-range ‘projectiles’
The projectiles were fired from North Korea's east-coast town of Wonsan in a northeastern direction and reportedly toward the East Sea, the agency said, citing a news release.
Venezuela’s Guaido remains defiant after utter failure to recruit military
Venezuelan opposition supporters gathered for a second day of mass protests against embattled President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Guaido's attempted coup led to violent clashes with pro-government forces.
Venezuela: Guaido calls for ‘largest march in history’ in coup attempt
Juan Guaido called for the “largest march” in the country’s history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro, causing chaos in the streets of Caracas.
Japanese Emperor Akihito Abdicates Throne
For the first time in over 200 years, a Japanese emperor has abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne.
US Army Veteran Converted To Islam Planned Domestic Terror Attacks In...
A U.S. Army veteran, Mark Steven Domingo, has been arrested for an attempted domestic terrorist attack in “multiple” Los Angeles locations in “retribution” for the mosque mass shooting in New Zealand last month, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
China, UAE sign a massive, $3.4 billion deal
China and the United Arab Emirates are expanding trade and investment ties through new deals worth $3.4 billion.
Spain election: Socialists win; far-right party to debut in Parliament
The ruling socialist party of Spain won the most seats in the country's parliament by far. It does however need the support of smaller parties in order to stay in power.