August2018

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei says the Australian government has banned it from providing 5G technology for the country’s wireless networks. It said fellow communications firm ZTE had also been banned, both reportedly because of national security...

Life expectancy is declining in high-income countries worldwide, driven in part by the effects of the opioid epidemic on younger adults in the U.S. and the impact of a severe flu season on older adults in...

Sixty-one people have died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the authorities said, adding that four novel drugs had been added to the roster of treatments. The health ministry’s...

Volkswagen will invest 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion) by 2025 to build digital businesses and products including a cloud computing-based platform to connect vehicles and customers to offer services such as car sharing. The German automaker...

Goldman Sachs has opened its digital consumer savings platform Marcus to its own staff in Britain ahead of a wider roll-out to the public in the coming weeks, according to an internal memo sent to staff...

German engineering giant Siemens sees a potential for 20,000 job cuts at its as part of its “Vision 2020” strategy, Manager Magazin said in its online edition on Thursday, reports Reuters. The cost savings will come...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the world’s biggest online retailer, topped first-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday, driven by growth in its core e-commerce business. Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares rose about 3 percent in premarket trade. The company’s revenue...

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away today, a member of his family said. He was 95. Nayar died at around 12.30 AM at a private hospital, his elder son Sudhir Nayar said. He is survived by...

Micco Godinez, who rents out kayaks on the island of Kauai and loves surfing, said he was twice tempted to hit the waves on Wednesday but kept his focus on a more pressing concern – getting...

Lewis Hamilton has reasons to be cheerful as Formula One regroups in Belgium with plenty of developments to digest after an August break punctuated by headline-grabbing moves and announcements. Spa has been good to the Mercedes...