February2017

News Hour: An Islamic State car bomb killed more than 50 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor said, a day after the jihadist group was driven from its last...

News Hour: Digital currency bitcoin jumped to a record high above $1,200 on Friday, as investors speculated the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be issued in the United States is set to receive regulatory approval....

News Hour: Ronaldinho launched a Barcelona academy for about 1,000 students in China on Friday as the world’s most populous nation pursues its grand ambitions in the world’s most popular sport. The Barcelona and Brazil great...

News Hour: In a not so subtle jab at European officials and their dealings with Greece, the IMF on Thursday issued a warning against pretending that “unpayable debts” can be repaid. In a blog written by...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday as a strong yen weighed on exporters and Wall Street had a mixed performance. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a tenth consecutive all-time high to break...

News Hour: Alphabet on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Uber and its self-driving vehicle unit Otto of stealing technology from Waymo, a subsidiary of the Google parent company. “Otto and Uber have taken Waymo’s intellectual property...

News Hour: U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces captured Mosul airport on Thursday, state television said, in a major gain in operations to drive Islamic State from the western half of the city. Elite Counter Terrorism forces advanced...

News Hour: Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of “many” Catholics who he said lead a hypocritical double...

News Hour: An Oxfam award-winning film challenging the deep-rooted patriarchy in India cannot be screened in the country. The Central Board of Film Certification has refused to certify ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’, saying the movie is...

News Hour: French police fired tear gas on Thursday at youths who hurled projectiles and vandalized property on the fringes of a student demonstration against the alleged rape of a young black man by police using...