NEW YORK – Oil prices edged off highs last reached in late 2014, pressured by a stronger dollar, but crude futures still drew support from mounting political tension in the Middle East and shrinking global oil inventories. Brent crude futures were at $71.67 a barrel at 11:48 a.m. EDT (1548 GMT), down 39 cents. U.S. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency prices jumped on Thursday, led by a surge in bitcoin to two-week highs, with people active in the market citing a squeeze on traders who have bet against prices, given a lack of obvious news to trigger the gains. On the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange BTC=BTSP, bitcoin rose as much as 17 percent at one point in […]

Hosted on April 23, the event will feature a panel discussion, covering what’s next for crypto trading and ICOs Finance Magnates is gearing up for the launch of its first crypto conference, which will be held in Tel Aviv on Monday, April 23. The event will be jointly hosted by Finance Magnates and The Floor at the […]

Strained relations between Ankara and Washington have started going in a positive direction in recent months amid “accelerated cooperation” against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a senior U.S. official in Ankara has stated. “We have seen in recent months that U.S. and Turkish collaboration against the PKK has accelerated,” the official told the Hürriyet […]

Michelle Obama is many things to many people—an inspirational activist, a compassionate former first lady, and the bearer of an enviable set of toned arms. According to a new study conducted by Shutterfly, she is also the most followed celebrity on Instagram by interior design experts, with 5,451 of the 40,000 studied experts following her account. Other […]

Strong, multi-generational ties help the cetaceans make the same migrations year after year The belugas were due to arrive in droves, but Gregory O’Corry-Crowe was nervous. Just a few years into a postdoctoral biology fellowship, O’Corry-Crowe had taken this opportunity in 1998 to fly to remote Somerset Island in the Canadian Arctic with a pair […]

Because short car trips are costing it a fortune—and riders might be seduced by a bicycle with some extra oomph. There’s a joke that every startup is answering the question “What is my mom no longer doing for me?” (Giving me a ride, doing my laundry, you get the idea.) Subtext: Silicon Valley is teeming […]

[youtube v=”gVWW4LgJ_-Q”] As Mark Zuckerberg prepares for another day of Congressional testimony, many Americans are asking themselves if it was really such a great idea to voluntarily sign up for an online panopticon to begin with. Unfortunately, Facebook is so integrated into our daily lives now that outright quitting seems unthinkable. But as this PSA from […]

Anna Faris has absolutely no regrets when it comes to her past plastic surgery—even going as far as calling it “f-ing awesome.” In an interview with Women’s Health, Faris opened up about her previous breast augmentation, revealing exactly why she decided to go under the knife in the first place. “I was always a negative-A cup, so […]

  A hulking homeless man was found guilty Tuesday of killing a 6-year-old boy in a Brooklyn elevator knife attack that left the helpless child’s 7-year-old playmate clinging to life. A jury took a day and a half to deliberate before reaching its verdict against Daniel St. Hubert in the gruesome attack at the Boulevard […]