BRUSSELS  – Barely 12 hours after being sworn in as U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters on Friday in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called obsolete. In a day of closed-door meetings with NATO foreign ministers, Pompeo appeared to […]

One area in which blockchain technology is showing serious potential is the energy sector. And there’s an interesting reason for that. We all know that climate change is a serious issue (well, most of us do). Yet when it comes to hitting our carbon emission reduction targets, we’re way off base. Despite hearing sad stories of […]

Donald Trump is likely to meet the Queen when he visits the UK this July, the BBC understands. They will either meet at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, BBC North America editor Jon Sopel said. The US president is to visit the UK on Friday, 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he […]

China’s new missile is being called the “Guam killer” because it could attack a U.S. military base in the Pacific Ocean with a nuclear weapon. Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said the DF-26 intermediate range ballistic missile was now in service and could carry conventional and nuclear warheads to attack targets at land or sea. It has a […]

Intel Corp (INTC.O) beat earnings expectations for the first quarter and raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts on Thursday, driven by the biggest-ever quarterly jump in its data center business and small-but-steady growth in its personal computer business. Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker rose 5.4 percent to $55.95 in after-market trading after […]

LONDON – The euro held near eight-week lows on Thursday as traders prepared for European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to speak with investors searching for any signals about when the ECB will begin unwinding its stimulus. The single currency trimmed earlier gains to trade flat at $1.2164 EUR= after the ECB kept rates unchanged as widely […]

Thirty-two years after the explosions at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, we revisit the disaster and its legacy. Exactly 32 years ago, explosions at the then-Soviet Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant set off what has been described as the world’s worst nuclear disaster. The blasts released large levels of radiation into the atmosphere, forcing thousands to flee […]

Beijing (CNN)While the highly anticipated inter-Korean summit will capture much of the world’s attention Friday, another equally consequential meeting will unfold in China on the same day, the outcome of which could affect more than a third of the world’s population. Billed as an “informal” summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]

BEIJING – China’s efforts to reduce its reliance on debt and find a more sustainable route to grow its economy may be derailed by the simmering trade dispute with the United States, economists warn. This was the year that Beijing was expected to step up its controls on unfettered lending, particularly in the so-called shadow […]

President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban’s challengers almost certainly need one of those two justices if the court is to strike down […]