Melinda Gates Launches Initiative to Reduce Poverty With New Technology

Melinda Gates Launches Initiative to Reduce Poverty With New Technology

Melinda Gates has launched a high-level international commission to spark new thinking on how developing countries can best harness new...

At Davos Forum, Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to Palestinians

At Davos Forum, Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to Palestinians

U.S. President Donald Trump has questioned whether peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians will ever resume. Trump made the...

A Girl, a Stranger, and a Quest for Justice in China

A Girl, a Stranger, and a Quest for Justice in China

The young woman, new to the grind of Chinese factory life, knew the man who called himself Kalen only by...

Saving Lives by Taking the Guesswork Out of Snake Bites

Saving Lives by Taking the Guesswork Out of Snake Bites

An estimated 5 million people around the world are bitten by venomous snakes each year, and more than 100,000 victims...

North Korea Missile Threat Revives Talk of ‘Star Wars’

North Korea Missile Threat Revives Talk of ‘Star Wars’

Scientists and NASA officials who spearheaded development of a space-based missile defense system in the 1980s are urging its revival...

Mnuchin ‘Not Concerned’ About Short-term Value of Dollar

Mnuchin ‘Not Concerned’ About Short-term Value of Dollar

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S is “not concerned” about the value of the dollar in the short-term....

Davos Elite Brace for Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda

Davos Elite Brace for Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda

Donald Trump arrived at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on Thursday, the first serving...

Chinese Company Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets From US Firm

Chinese Company Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets From US Firm

A federal jury in Wisconsin on Wednesday convicted a Chinese wind turbine company of stealing trade secrets, which nearly destroyed...