(ATTN: minor edits in 2nd para) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye touted an eco-friendly energy town in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province, as a shining example of "creative thinking and participation" by residents, he
A Taliban truck bomb exploded outside a protected hotel compound used by foreign service contractors in Kabul on Monday, ripping a deep crater in the ground and leaving a tangle of wreckage but causing few casualties.
DALLAS — Two major unions at Southwest Airlines are demanding that the carrier replace its CEO because of the technology outage that caused the airline to cancel or delay thousands of flights in July. Technology experts are questioning whether Southwest fell short in designing and testing its computer systems. A top Southwest executive told The
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. District Judge James Peterson issued a ruling last week loosening Wisconsin's voter ID law and striking down a host of other state election laws that Republicans have passed over the last five years. Here are…
Rio is surely a serious contender for the most vexed Games, a giant party about to roll into a city that is falling apart all around it, its citizens demoralized and anxious and more than a bit rueful that their moment in the spotlight has come when they are so manifestly unable to benefit. “It’s a ridiculous feeling – like someone broke into my house to throw a party and didn’t invite me,” says Ms. Portilho, a 33-year-old fashion designer.
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The number of local transmissions of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in South Florida has apparently increased to 14, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday.
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 11-15) SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- A group of presumably North Korean hackers have attempted to break into the emails of some 90 South Korean diplomats, security officials and journalists, and dozens of password
No signs of a sophomore slump for the Cherries.
Drinking and running - how hard can it be?
Jeep
On an call with analysts after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced second-quarter earnings last week, CEO Sergio Marchionne made a stunning announcement:
"All of our production assets in the United States, if we exclude Canada and Mexico from the fold, all those US plants will be producing either Jeeps or Rams. There will be no passenger cars that will be produced in the US. And therefore our expectation is that that concentration will give us a possibility to get to very close... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK — The Latest on Major League Baseball’s deadline Monday for trades where players do not first have to pass through waivers (all times EDT): 5:40 p.m. The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Mike Bolsinger from the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-hander Jesse Chavez and cash. The 28-year-old Bolsinger was 1-4 with a
Allen Cone
ALEPPO, Syria, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Rebels have launched an offense in an attempt to wrest control of eastern Aleppo from the Syrian government.
The growth of the US economy keeps falling short of expectations. On Friday, we learned that the US economy grew at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1 percent in the first half of 2016. That’s the slowest six-month growth rate since 2012, and it continues the slow growth that has characterized the recovery since 2009.
Читать дальше...Bank of America's debt rating is weighing it down.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday banned paroled sex offenders from playing the popular "Pokemon Go" phone application in order to protect children.
SAN DIEGO — Colin Rea is heading back to the San Diego Padres after leaving with an injury in his first start since being traded to Miami. The Marlins acquired Rea on Friday in a seven-player deal with the Padres, but he had to leave Saturday’s game against St. Louis in the fourth inning and
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic says it has received an operating license for its space tourism rocket from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Virgin Galactic says the operating license awarded by the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation will ultimately permit commercial operations. The taxi test evaluated and calibrated navigation and communications telemetry systems as it was pulled by a sports utility vehicle.
Virgin Galactic says the operating license awarded by the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation will ultimately permit commercial operations. The taxi test evaluated and calibrated navigation and communications telemetry systems as it was pulled by a sports utility vehicle.
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Lyft Inc. said it will "evaluate" its partnership with Didi Chuxing, after the Chinese ride-hailing company said Monday that it would acquire Uber's China operations. Lyft currently has a partnership with Didi, as well as two other ride-hailing companies, that extends the reach of the app globally. "We always believed Didi had a big advantage in China because of the regulatory environment. The recent policy changes are exactly why we did not invest in the region," Alexandra LaManna, a spokesperson for Lyft, said in an email to MarketWatch. Читать дальше...
Car-booking app was fighting losing battle against homegrown rival and regulatory changes