Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that risks of a military conflict over North Korea’s nuclear program are very high, and Moscow is deeply worried by the mutual threats of attack traded by Washington and Pyongyang. “The side that is stronger and cleverer” should take the first step to defuse the crisis, said […]
Read moreDefense Secretary James Mattis says he sees a growing role for the technology industry in defending the United States. The comments suggest a potential untapped market for Amazon and Google, whose hometowns Mattis visited this week on a West Coast swing, and other large companies like Apple, Facebook and Microsoft. Like the leaders of these […]
Read morePop Quiz: Which Asian despot (hint: he was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of his country-men and had launched a surprise attack against U.S. military forces on the Korean Peninsula) said these crazy things about nuclear war, clearly making his country unfit for their possession: “We have a very large territory and […]
Read moreU.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in July, pointing to benign inflation that could make the Federal Reserve cautious about raising interest rates again this year. The Labor Department said on Friday the Consumer Price Index edged up 0.1 percent last month after being unchanged in June. That lifted the year-on-year increase in the […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Friday issued his bluntest warning yet to North Korea, saying the U.S. military is “locked and loaded” to respond to a Pyongyang provocation. In a tweet, Trump said, “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” […]
Read moreEurope’s food safety commissioner urged countries to stop “blaming and shaming” one another over a continental eggs contamination scare on Friday. Tensions between agricultural ministers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany have risen after traces of a moderately toxic pesticide – called fipronil – were found in batches of eggs. While Belgian regulators were criticized […]
Read moreAmazon.com is exploring a technology first developed for the U.S. military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $700 billion U.S. grocery business. The world’s biggest online retailer has discussed selling ready-to-eat dishes such as beef stew and a vegetable frittata as […]
Read moreVideo game developer Nintendo is being sued by a U.S. mobile gaming accessory company that claims the controllers for the Nintendo Switch console infringes on a patent for its own product. Gamevice, which makes video game controllers to attach to tablets and smartphones, is demanding that Nintendo stops making and selling the Switch and wants […]
Read moreBritish firefighters said on Friday they were investigating the cause of smoke on an underground train at Oxford Circus station in the centre of London’s main shopping district, although police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious. “We are continuing to investigate smoke issuing at platform level at #OxfordCircus tube station,” London Fire […]
Read moreTech stocks could be set to continue outpacing other industries, an analyst has told CNBC. “Tech companies are beating earnings way better than any other group in the S&P, so we do think that’s going to continue,” Mike Bailey, director of research at FBB Capital Partners, told CNBC on Friday. The analyst’s enthusiasm corresponds with […]
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