Harris’ business views: friendly to Big Tech, aggressive in climate fight
WASHINGTON - US Vice President Kamala Harris is potentially poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee in the November election. Here are her views and actions related...
Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware - US President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the...
Joe Biden’s campaign outspends Trump in June
PRESIDENT Joseph R. Biden’s election campaign last month outraised and outspent his challenger Donald Trump, according to disclosures published on Saturday that showed the...
Microsoft says about 8.5M of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
A GLOBAL tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in...
China braces for twin tropical cyclones
BEIJING — Two tropical cyclones will bring gales and heavy rain to China’s eastern seaboard this week, with the first expected to make landfall...
US urges people to reconsider travel to Bangladesh amid ‘civil unrest’
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh’s travel advisory to level three, which urges people to reconsider travel...
Australia warns of malicious websites after cyber outage
SYDNEY — Australia’s cyber intelligence agency said on Saturday that “malicious websites and unofficial code” were being released online claiming to aid recovery from...
Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
Major US airlines ordered ground stops on Friday citing communications issues, while other carriers, media companies, banks and telecoms firms around the world also...
Globally-mobile millionaires threaten to desert Britain over tax
LONDON - For ultra-wealthy entrepreneur Bassim Haidar, living in London has become an expensive indulgence he can no longer justify.
While new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
Top UN court to deliver opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories
THE HAGUE - The United Nations' highest court is set to issue an advisory opinion Friday on the legal ramifications of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian...
Taiwan must rely on itself for defense, foreign minister says responding to Trump
TAIPEI - Taiwan must rely on itself for defense and will likely keep raising spending and modernizing the military given the threat it faces from China,...
Italy carrier strike group joins Australia war games, will visit Philippines
DARWIN, Australia - An Italian carrier strike group on its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific region will sail through the South China Sea to the Philippines after participating in war games with US allies in Australia,...