Istanbul to Unveil New Airport, Seeks to be World’s Biggest

Istanbul to Unveil New Airport, Seeks to be World’s Biggest

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held plenty of grand opening ceremonies in his 15 years at Turkey’s helm. On Monday he...

Teen’s Program Could Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Teen’s Program Could Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Pancreatic cancer treatment could become more advanced with help from 13-year-old Rishab Jain. He’s created a tool for doctors to...

Plant Fibers Make Stronger Concrete

Plant Fibers Make Stronger Concrete

It may surprise you that cement is responsible for 7 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. That’s because it takes...

Q&A: Facebook Describes How It Detects ‘Inauthentic Behavior’

Q&A: Facebook Describes How It Detects ‘Inauthentic Behavior’

Facebook announced Friday that it had removed 82 Iranian-linked accounts on Facebook and Instagram. A Facebook spokesperson answered VOA’s questions...

Equities’ Slide Sends Bonds Higher, Dents Greenback

Equities’ Slide Sends Bonds Higher, Dents Greenback

Stock markets around the world tumbled Friday while U.S. Treasury prices rose along with demand for safer bets as better-than-expected...

Study: Online Attacks on Jews Ramp Up Before Election Day

Study: Online Attacks on Jews Ramp Up Before Election Day

Far-right extremists have ramped up an intimidating wave of anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists, political candidates and others ahead of...

Facebook Removes Iran-Linked Accounts Spreading False Info

Facebook Removes Iran-Linked Accounts Spreading False Info

Facebook says it has removed 82 pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran from its service and from Instagram for...

US Stocks Plunge, Then Recover Some Ground Friday

US Stocks Plunge, Then Recover Some Ground Friday

U.S. stock market indexes fell sharply in Friday’s early trading, but saw losses ease later in the day.  At one...

US Economy Grew at Strong 3.5 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

US Economy Grew at Strong 3.5 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst...

WTO Member Group Vows to Reform Rules on Subsidies, Dispute Settlement

WTO Member Group Vows to Reform Rules on Subsidies, Dispute Settlement

Top trade officials from 12 countries and the European Union on Thursday vowed to reform World Trade Organization rules in...

US Stocks Rebound Strongly

US Stocks Rebound Strongly

Major U.S. stock indexes made strong gains in Thursday’s trading after some upbeat profit reports by major companies.  The Nasdaq composite...

UK Fines Facebook Over Data Privacy Scandal, EU Seeks Audit

UK Fines Facebook Over Data Privacy Scandal, EU Seeks Audit

British regulators slapped Facebook on Thursday with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) — the maximum possible — for failing...

Google Abandons Berlin Campus Plan After Locals Protest

Google Abandons Berlin Campus Plan After Locals Protest

Google is abandoning plans to establish a campus for tech startups in Berlin after protests from residents worried about gentrification....

Tech Companies Lead Another Steep Sell-Off in US Stocks

Tech Companies Lead Another Steep Sell-Off in US Stocks

Another torrent of selling gripped Wall Street on Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting more than 600 points...

Google Abandons Planned Berlin Office Hub

Google Abandons Planned Berlin Office Hub

Campaigners in a bohemian district of Berlin celebrated Wednesday after Internet giant Google abandoned strongly-opposed plans to open a large...

Saudi Crown Prince Expects Economic Growth of 2.5 Percent in 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Expects Economic Growth of 2.5 Percent in 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday the kingdom will continue with reforms and spending on infrastructure, predicting...

Facebook Unveils Systems for Catching Child Nudity, ‘Grooming’ of Children

Facebook Unveils Systems for Catching Child Nudity, ‘Grooming’ of Children

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that company moderators during the last quarter removed 8.7 million user images of child nudity...

Rust Belt’s Got Talent, But No Money

Rust Belt’s Got Talent, But No Money

Julius Wakam worked in auto manufacturing for 11 years before being laid off in 2008. Today, the married father of...

Hi-tech Cameras Spy Fugitive Emissions

Hi-tech Cameras Spy Fugitive Emissions

The technology used in space missions can be expensive but it has some practical benefits here on Earth. Case in...

US Lawmaker Vows to Work Toward New Trump Tax Cut

US Lawmaker Vows to Work Toward New Trump Tax Cut

The top Republican lawmaker on tax policy in the U.S. House of Representatives said Tuesday that he was working with the White...

US Tech Companies Reconsider Saudi Investment

US Tech Companies Reconsider Saudi Investment

The controversy over the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shined a harsh light on the growing financial...

Low-tech Tools Can Fight Land Corruption, Experts Say

Low-tech Tools Can Fight Land Corruption, Experts Say

Technological solutions to prevent land corruption require resources, but they do not have to be expensive, land rights experts said Tuesday. Satellite imagery,...