Americans are becoming more anxious about their safety, health, finances, politics and relationships, a new online poll from the American Psychiatric Association finds. Compared to the results of a similar poll a year earlier, 39 percent of adults in the U.S. are more anxious today than they were a year ago. As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, I […]

PAHOA, Hawaii  – More destructive lava flows could soon hit Hawaii’s Big Island as the Kilauea volcano erupts, posing a greater threat than oozing magma that has so far destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, scientists said. As a lava lake at Kilauea’s summit drains inside the volcano, magma is running underground. […]

Valencia is the latest popular holiday destination poised to impose restrictions on private holiday rentals, such as Airbnb, with a focus on banning new tourist accommodation above first floor level. The rules, to be voted on by the Valencian regional government, would effectively limit the number of properties with Mediterranean sea views, or vistas over […]

But will she be able to repeat her inclusive success in this new venture? No one is questioning whether the Diamonds singer can pull off a line of nudes to match a wide variety of skin tones (which is what her foundation line quickly became praised for), but even with 36 total sizes, some are questioning whether she will provide bras and […]

Google will one day be able to drive a car for you. It can help you compose your e-mails and finish your thoughts now, automatically. And now, in a spooky view of the future, it can even make phone calls on your behalf. Google’s display of artificial intelligence and what computers are now capable of this week […]

A Curacao court has authorized ConocoPhillips (COP.N) to seize about $636 million in assets belonging to Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA due to the 2007 nationalization of the U.S. oil major’s projects in Venezuela. The legal action was the latest in the Caribbean to enforce a $2 billion arbitration award by the International Chamber of […]

At a seminar held in Beijing today, the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) announced its inaugural monthly Global Public Chain Assessment Index, a ranking of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain projects that the Chinese government considers to possess technological merit. The CCID is part of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a state agency of […]

The cryptocurrency market has continued to fall over the past 24 hours, after seeing a decline of more than $40 billion on May 11. The bitcoin price fell to $8,250 while the majority of tokens recorded losses in the 20 percent range. UPbit + Mt. Gox On May 11, CCN reported that UPbit, South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency […]

North Korea says it will begin dismantling its nuclear test site in less than two weeks in a ceremony attended by foreign journalists. Pyongyang said it was taking “technical measures” to carry out the process between 23-25 May, North Korean state news agency KCNA reported on Saturday. Scientists previously said the site may have partially […]

WINDSOR, England — Few towns are as quintessentially English as Windsor, the bucolic riverside locale where Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle will get married on May 19. And few towns are as pleasing when a warm spring sun bakes off the morning mist. Even the plump white swans on the Thames River seem […]