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Sales at the tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft have slowed sharply, adding to fears of a downturn in the economy. Alphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, said sales rose just 6% in the three months to September, to $69bn, as firms cut t...
Over the next five years, three new heavy-lift rockets will put thousands of satellites into low earth orbit as part of Amazon's Project Kuiper. The project aims to provide broadband connections using a constellation of 3,23...
The Federal Reserve's main tool for managing the economy is to change the federal funds rate, which can affect not only borrowing costs for consumers but also shape broader decisions by companies like how many people to hire. WSJ explains how the Fed...
After an exodus of banks and familiar global brands, Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin will work with its foreign partners, but warned that the country could seize the assets of firms leaving Russia....
Coldplay will stop recording music as a band in 2025, frontman Chris Martin has revealed. Martin made the announcement on Radio 2 on Wednesday, in a clip trailing ahead to his Christmas Show with Jo Whiley on the same c...
The social media platform TikTok is making a big push into shopping. The video sharing app is famous for its short lip sync videos, dance routines and humour. And its popularity has soared during the pandemic. T...
Thousands of Cubans have joined the biggest protests for decades against the island's Communist government. They marched in cities including the capital Havana, shouting, \\\\\\"Down with the dictatorship!\\\\\\". Images o...
China's economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter following a record slump. The world's second biggest economy saw a sharp decline in the first three months of the year during coronavirus lockdowns. But figures released on Wednesday show Chin...
US President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House coronavirus task force will be winding down, with Vice-President Mike Pence suggesting it could be disbanded within weeks. \\\\\\"We are bringing our country back,\\\\\\" Mr Trump said du...
Robots are coming for our jobs, and they won’t stop at the factory floor on their quest to replace us. Richard Baldwin, professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, says artificial intelligence can already perform skilled labour tasks...
The European Union and Japan signed a huge free trade deal on Tuesday that cuts or eliminates tariffs on nearly all goods. The agreement covers 600 million people and almost a third of the global economy. It's also a major endorsement of a global tr...
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km (80 miles) from the area where the first cases were confirmed earlier this month. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka...
An ex-political candidate was shot dead by her lover's wife in a suburban Philadelphia home before the attacker turned the gun on herself, police say. Jennair Gerardot, 48, broke into the house of Meredith Chapman, 33, and ambushed her as sh...
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Celine Dion's husband René Angélil has died at the age of 73, ABC News has confirmed. Angélil, who has been married to the famed singer since 1994, had been battling cancer for some time. \\\\\\"René Ang&eacut...
BEIJING – A Beijing court has granted a divorce to an American woman and her Chinese celebrity-entrepreneur husband in a high-profile case that highlighted the often-hidden problem of domestic violence in China. The case began when Kim...
updated 2:38 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter(季度), the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes. It's the strongest signal y...