Lindsey Vonn begins her final season in Cortina D’Ampezzo on Friday, ready to take in the “beautiful” scene from the top of the Olympia delle Tofane course as she prepares her onslaught on the alpine skiing World Cup win record. “There’s nothing quite like it when you go […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — She is largely unknown in the United States. But the American anchorwoman for Iran’s state-run broadcaster, detained last weekend by U.S. authorities, is a familiar face on its English-language channel. As a newscaster for Press TV, Marzieh Hashemi has been conducting interviews and […]
WASHINGTON — Of all the issues at stake as President Donald Trump and Democrats wrangle over his prized border wall, the latest snag is whether bargaining over the proposal should come before or after shuttered government agencies reopen. It sounds like one of those perplexing snits that frustrates […]
SINGAPORE — World markets were mostly lower Thursday on renewed concern over the outlook for China’s economy after some provinces lowered their growth targets for 2019. Traders also fear a reported U.S. investigation of China’s Huawei could derail talks aimed at ending a trade war between the world’s […]
SEATTLE — Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region’s widening affordability gap. Most of the money will be aimed at increasing housing options in the Puget Sound region for low- and middle-income workers at a time when they’re […]
LONDON — Work on a major new nuclear power station in Britain has been suspended after the contracted developer, Japan’s Hitachi, says it has been unable to agree on financing. Hitachi said Thursday that it wasn’t continuing work already underway at the site in Wylfa on the island […]
Consumer advocates and the data-hungry technology industry are drawing early battle lines in advance of an expected fight this year over what kind of federal privacy law the U.S. should have. On Thursday, more than a dozen privacy organizations unveiled a plan that would create a new federal […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Another Saudi woman has turned to social media for protection from her father, just days after Canada granted refuge to Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi who fled her family. Identified only as Nojoud al-Mandeel on Twitter, her case differs from that of al-Qunun. […]
BEIJING — In a possible sign of progress toward ending a costly tariff war over Beijing’s technology ambitions, the top U.S. and Chinese trade envoys will hold talks in Washington later this month. China’s economy czar, Vice Premier Liu He, will travel to Washington for the talks Jan. […]
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho woman who thought she was gaining weight because of menopause discovered she actually had a 50-pound tumor that had been growing inside her for decades. Boise television station KTVB reports Brenda Cridland of Meridian chalked up her weight gain to aging, but when her health […]
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