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A leading tech industry group on Tuesday called on G7 nations to harmonize cloud security certification across the world's richest nations, in an effort to stoke cooperation and counter calls that data should stay within national borders.Industry group BSA The Software Alliance, which represents...
World
A mass shooting involving several assailants has left at least four people dead and dozens wounded in the US state of Alabama, police said on Saturday."We believe that multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people" in the Five Points South district of Birmingham just after 11...
World,Back Page
Central banks face a "difficult balancing act" as they start lowering interest rates around the world in the face of falling inflation, the head of the IMF said Friday.Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic have cut rates this year, with the US Federal Reserve reducing its key lending...
The Federal Reserve's big interest rate cut this week is not a sign that the US economy is "falling behind," Fed governor Christopher Waller said in an interview on Friday."It's not about reacting to, or falling behind or anything like that," he told CNBC. "I do not ...
The US State Department on Friday said it had approved the sale of dozens of F-35 fighter jets to its NATO ally Romania, a deal worth $7.2 billion.The contract, which must still be approved by the US Congress, covers Bucharest's purchase of 32 F-35A aircraft and related equipment, produced by th...
Four Islamic State group leaders were killed in a joint US-Iraqi raid in western Iraq last month, including the head of the jihadist group's operations in the country, the US military said Friday."This operation targeted ISIS leaders and served to disrupt and degrade ISIS' ability to pl...
National,Back Page
Most Americans have never been to Omaha, the largest city in the midwestern state of Nebraska, and many would not be able to point to it on a map.However, there is a possibility that it could be the tipping point in the race for the White House in November.The scenario involves Democrat Kamala Harri...
The US presidential race remains neck-and-neck according to polls released Sunday, two days before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold their first -- and potentially only -- televised debate.The latest polling confirms that Trump retains locked-in support from about half of voters, despite the Repub...
Kamala Harris will unveil plans Wednesday to help small US businesses, her campaign said as the Democratic presidential candidate fleshes out her economic policy ahead of a critical debate with Donald Trump.The US vice president will propose tax breaks and cutting red tape for smaller firms if elect...
Kamala Harris's price gouging policy has been criticized by economists and analysts, who say it is an uncompetitive proposal that could end up hurting, and not helping, US consumers.Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, announced the policy last week as part of a raft of populist proposa...
Two astronauts stranded in space may sound like the start to a big-screen science thriller, but the Boeing Starliner mission is no work of Hollywood fiction.Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams were originally scheduled to spend a little more than a week ab...
The US Federal Reserve may signal this week that interest rate cuts are on the way -- although it is widely expected to remain on pause until its next rate decision in September.Fed officials, who have admitted to moving too slowly to stem an inflationary surge in 2021 and 2022, have been wary of cu...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has made what could be its most astonishing discovery to date: possible signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.The six-wheeled robotic explorer came across an intriguing, arrow-shaped rock dubbed "Cheyava Falls" that may harbor fossilized microbes from b...
City
SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared for launch after experiencing a rare failure earlier this month, officials have said recently. The rocket, a prolific launch vehicle that propels both satellites and astronauts into orbit, experienced an anomaly during a launch on July 11 i...
NATO leaders pledged enduring support for Ukraine and commitment to their alliance as they wrapped up a three-day summit overshadowed by doubts over President Joe Biden's fitness to run crucial power the United States.The 32-nation alliance used the pomp-filled 75th anniversary gala in the US ca...
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday it had reached a "definitive deal" to buy its subcontractor Spirit, which has faced scrutiny over production quality control in recent months."The merger is an all-stock transaction at an equity value of approximately $4.7 billion, or $37.25...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution.More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, wit...
Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama."Julian Assange is free," WikiLeaks wrote on X of its founder, who had been detained in Britain for ...
US President Joe Biden said Monday he was "deeply disturbed" by reports that a woman allegedly attempted to drown a Palestinian-American child at a pool in Texas.The woman has been charged with capital murder, court records show, following the May incident which gained national attention o...
The International Monetary Fund released $336 million as part of a bailout loan instalment for Sri Lanka despite delays in the crucial restructuring of its foreign debt, including to China, the Washington-based lender said Wednesday.The South Asian nation was starting to recover, but the economy was...
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