1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (293+ words) BEIJING — Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1038+ words) Apple's latest iPhones, unveiled this week, come with new features, better cameras and hefty price tags — including a folding model with a starting price of $1,999. If you're planning to splurge on a new iPhone 18, you will want to take care…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (507+ words) VIENNA — The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday. The "configuration" and the "technical…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (498+ words) TOKYO — Global shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers' stocks. France's CAC 40 was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% in early trading to 8,282.06. The German DAX shed…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (809+ words) DANVILLE, Ky. — When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued — he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (454+ words) HONG KONG — World shares tumbled Wednesday after stocks slipped on Wall Street and as a global bond market sell-off deepened. The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.3% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%. In early European…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (992+ words) BENGALURU, India — When India’s power demand surged at the height of summer, the country struggled to meet evening needs as air conditioners ran longer amid hotter nights. Despite this demand, some renewable energy providers were told to limit their output…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (924+ words) In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (818+ words) KATHMANDU, Nepal — When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbors fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been rebuilt the previous year after a 2015 earthquake....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (358+ words) ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Driven in part by his own experience with poverty as a child, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pitching a financial literacy campaign to leaders of the world's largest economies and suggesting an investment account program begun under President Donald…...