The Surprising Reason Your Amazon Searches Are Returning More Confusing Results than Ever
If you want to be reminded just how tiny you are, you could travel to a remote part of the...
Month: June 2022
Beijing Fengtai: Asia’s largest train station reopens following huge makeover
(CNN) — Beijing's oldest train station has gotten a 21st-century makeover.Fengtai Railway Station, which was built in 1895, has completed...
Consumer Sentiment at Record Low Is Another Ominous Sign for Economy
Consumer sentiment fell to its lowest point on record, reflecting that elevated inflation is weighing on Americans’ moods and adding...
Saudi Arabia releases Murtaja Qureiris, once the youngest political prisoner in the kingdom — ESOHR
His case was first highlighted in an exclusive CNN report published in 2019, which detailed how Saudi authorities arrested Qureiris...
A woman’s brutal killing shocks the Arab world
Naira Ashraf, 21, was fatally stabbed on Monday by a man whose advances she rejected, according to Egyptian prosecutors who...
US repatriates Guantanamo prisoner back to Afghanistan after court ruled he was detained unlawfully
The prisoner, Asadullah Haroon Gul, also known as Haroon Al Afghani, was born in Afghanistan and has been detained in...
Fertility Doctors Move Embryos, Expecting Abortion Law Changes
Fertility companies and patients have been moving embryos and making contingency plans, anticipating that if Roe v. Wade were overturned,...
Nigerian senator and wife charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were both charged with conspiracy to arrange travel of another person with...
WSJ News Exclusive | Accounting Firm EY Grapples With Partner Pay, Bear Market in Breakup
Ernst & Young’s leaders, trying to persuade partners to split up the firm, said windfalls would be spread evenly, but...
Small banks in China are running into trouble. Savers could lose everything
The 45-year-old entrepreneur asked us to call him Peter for security reasons. He's from the eastern city of Wenzhou and...
Chinese Internet Giants’ Ad Revenue Suffers as Business Confidence Wanes
Companies in China are cutting back on digital-ad spending as the economy slows and recurring Covid-19 outbreaks weigh on consumption,...
Brazilian indigenous agency workers strike after Amazon killings
Staff at FUNAI, the government body responsible for the protection and interests of indigenous Brazilian people, said that working in...
Paris court convicts eight men over the theft of Banksy artwork from Paris attack site
Banksy, the elusive street artistA look at some of the recent work of the famously anonymous British graffiti artist Banksy....
Jerome Powell Pressed Over How Fed Would Respond to Economic Slowdown
Lawmakers pressed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over how the central bank would manage trade-offs it could confront if its...
Ex-Trump adviser calls for lifting Trump tariffs on China
"These tariffs are adding to the cost of many goods that US consumers are buying," Cohn told CNN. Cohn, now...
Netflix lays off 300 employees as bad year continues to hit company
"While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these adjustments so that our costs are growing in...
U.S., European Economies Slow Sharply as Recession Risks Grow
The U.S. and European economies slowed sharply in June as surging prices of energy and food weakened demand for other...
In photos: Deadly earthquake hits Afghanistan
Men stand around the bodies of people killed in an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Thursday,...
Wheat down payments and free hogs: How Chinese developers are trying to sell homes
From accepting grain or garlic as part payment, to offering live pigs as an incentive to buyers, the unusual sales...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Parent Meta Pulls Out of Sponsorship Deal for U.S. 250th Anniversary Project
WASHINGTON— Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Wednesday it has canceled its sponsorship agreement with the organization planning the federal...
