Down to Business: Drought-hit Kenyan Women Trade Their Way Out of Poverty

Down to Business: Drought-hit Kenyan Women Trade Their Way Out of Poverty

Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to reinvest...

Turkey Business Lobby Calls for end to Emergency Rule

Turkey Business Lobby Calls for end to Emergency Rule

Turkey’s main business lobby on Thursday called on the government to end the state of emergency as parliament extended it...

Researchers: Hacking Campaign Linked to Lebanese Spy Agency

Researchers: Hacking Campaign Linked to Lebanese Spy Agency

A major hacking operation tied to Lebanon’s main intelligence agency has been exposed after careless spies left hundreds of gigabytes...

Nigeria Moves Closer to Turning Long-awaited Oil Bill Into Law

Nigeria Moves Closer to Turning Long-awaited Oil Bill Into Law

Nigeria moved closer to turning the first part of a long-awaited oil industry bill into law after the lower house...

Tap and Donate: Paris Church to Take Contactless Cards

Tap and Donate: Paris Church to Take Contactless Cards

The Catholic church is going digital in Paris.   The city’s diocese will introduce a system allowing contactless card payments...

China’s Economy Posts First Annual Increase Since 2010

China’s Economy Posts First Annual Increase Since 2010

China’s economy surged in 2017, posting a 6.9 percent increase from the year before — its first annual increase in seven...

Underwater Robots Monitor Changes Under Antarctic Ice Sheet

Underwater Robots Monitor Changes Under Antarctic Ice Sheet

While the calving of cliff-sized chunks of ice off the polar glaciers is a very visible effect of climate change,...

Dow Closes Above 26,000, Just 8 Sessions After Earlier Milestone

Dow Closes Above 26,000, Just 8 Sessions After Earlier Milestone

Wall Street roared upward Wednesday, with investor enthusiasm sending all three major stock indices to record finishes, and the Dow to...