NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crude prices and global equity markets fell on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante in a trade dispute with China that added to investor jitters about the potential impact the heated rhetoric may have on the world economy. MSCI’s gauge of worldwide stock indexes fell 0.65 percent, and […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over […]

Despite his annoyance and public statement to the contrary, Trump agreed to hold off on immediately pulling troops from the war-plagued nation, even after airing his displeasure with top national security officials. The White House declined to comment on the tone of the meeting. It’s a scenario that has played out repeatedly since Trump entered […]

A controversial church bell in Schweringen, northern Germany, has had a swastika inscription removed as part of an unauthorised “spring cleaning”. The unknown perpetrators left a note on the door confessing to defacing it, saying they wanted to clean the bell of “the filth of the National Socialists”. The note said they aimed to prevent […]

The British government repeated its claim that Russia was responsible for the Salisbury poisoning after UK scientists said they were unable to determine where the substance used to attack former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was made. Skripal, 66, and Yulia, 33, were poisoned on March 4 after being exposed to a […]

There will be no shortage of rainy-day activities when more than 70 events are jam-packed into 12 days during Boston Design Week, which kicks off tomorrow. The citywide design festival, now in its fifth-annual edition, celebrates the theme “Now, New, Next!” throughout the SoWa Art + Design District, BOSTON DESIGN CENTER, MetroWest Design Center and more […]

As residential burn season approaches it is important to know that all burning can have serious health consequences to you and those around you. Residential burning within the Libby Air Quality Control District is allowed from April 1 to May 1, according to the Lincoln County Environmental Health Department. Anyone planning on burning, however, does […]

Olivia Cooke pulls double mysterious duty in Ready Player One, starring as the rebel Samantha and her avatar Art3mis in the virtual reality world of The OASIS. The 24-year-old British actress is breaking out onscreen in director Steven Spielberg nostalgic hit ($53.2 million and counting at the box office) while also appearing as troubled teen […]

Facebook’s response to Cambridge Analytica continues with Instagram. Instagram is cutting off API access for some developers and limiting how often others can use its API to collect data on Instagram users. The move appears to be part of Facebook’s efforts to cull back data access in the wake of the company’s Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. […]

Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia and the political hurdles President Trump faces at home are making it increasingly difficult for Trump to achieve his campaign goal of warmer relations between Washington and Moscow, according to political observers. Trump’s decision last week to expel 60 Russian diplomats accused of secretly operating as intelligence officers prompted Russian […]