One killed in Czech cable car accident
The cable car to the 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) Jested mountain uses two cabins, each operated by a member of...
Month: October 2021
Roblox Outage Continues Into Weekend
Videogame company Roblox Corp. suffered an outage Thursday evening that continued through Saturday, leaving children around the globe looking for...
Extreme weather destroyed his home four times in three years
"We woke up to people screaming for help," said Yadav, 26, of that night in July 2019. "The water had...
American Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights
American Airlines Group Inc. canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend due to staffing shortfalls that followed bad weather, snarling...
Journalists Venture Beyond Their Newsrooms to Try to Cash In
Substack and Facebook Bulletin are among the new services pursuing high-profile reporters and commentators, creating tension within traditional news organizations....
Deere Reaches Tentative Agreement with Striking Workers
Deere & Co. said Saturday it has reached a tentative agreement with striking workers, more than two weeks after workers...
Massive crowds demonstrate against military takeover in Sudan
The streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, were packed with protesters on Saturday morning, with demonstrators chanting anti-military slogans and...
Mummies found buried in boats in a China desert have unexpected origins
New techniques in ancient DNA analysis are providing more and more tantalizing details about prehistory, including some of the latest...
Ai Weiwei Traces a Century of Making Authorities Squirm
Artist-provocateur Ai Weiwei became world famous mocking Chinese icons—dynastic artifacts, Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s Olympics—and has spent time in detention for his...
Uber and Lyft Thought Prices Would Normalize by Now. Here’s Why They Are Still High.
Americans hailing an Uber or a Lyft ride still face elevated prices due to a shortage of drivers—the latest example...
From Angkor Wat to Havana, the travel destinations reopening soon
(CNN) — There are only two months left in 2021 and as we enter November, countries around the world are...
President Xi Jinping’s pledge to redistribute wealth brings back bad memories for luxury brands in China
Many analysts believe the campaign could actually be good for business. While Xi's plans are still taking shape, his government...
GameStop’s Chief Operating Officer Departs
GameStop Corp.’s chief operating officer, Jenna Owens, has left the company, less than a year after joining. GameStop didn’t give...
Facebook Joins a Crowded Field In the Race to Build the ‘Metaverse.’ We All Have a Stake in the Outcome.
Tech billionaires are a quirky lot. Some are attempting to build a world imagined in utopian visions of the future,...
Thai authorities indict company over sale of second-hand medical gloves after CNN investigation
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanavisit, chair of a special government committee set up to probe CNN's report, said Paddy...
US is deeply skeptical and considering taking tougher action as Iran says it will return to nuclear talks
The fact the new hardline Iranian government has appointed a negotiating team led by opponents of the deal has only...
The homecoming queen gave away her crown to comfort a grieving family and set an example for us all
Her mom, A.J. Walters, an administrator at Mississippi's Forrest County Agricultural High School, never missed anything when she was growing...
MacBook Pro 2021 Review: Nearly Perfect Back-to-the-Future Laptops
Apple’s move of the MacBook Pro from Intel chips to its very own M1 Pro and M1 Max processors wowed...
U.S. Consumer Spending Grew More Slowly in September
Consumer spending rose 0.6% in September, the Commerce Department said Friday, as the Delta variant and supply-chain disruptions weighed on...
England could become the first country to prescribe e-cigarettes
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is publishing updated guidance which could allow e-cigarette products to be...
