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BEIJING — The new trade deal between Washington and Beijing is intended in part to address one of the most acrimonious issues between them: China’s tactics in acquiring technology from companies based in the West. It’s a thorny topic, and one that is unlikely to be fully solved with a trade pact. The Trump administration […]

Nine young climate activists are seeking to join a lawsuit before Germany’s top court that aims to force the government to do more to combat global warming January 15, 2020, 11:13 AM 1 min read BERLIN — Nine young climate activists are seeking to join a lawsuit before Germany’s top court that aims to force

That document also misattributed a mass-fratricide bomblet attack on a unit of the First Armored Division to enemy fire. It correctly states that one American cavalry troop suffered at least 23 wounded when howitzers fired cluster shells at them; however, in a 2017 interview with The Times, the squadron operations officer at the time, Mark

Two NASA astronauts have ventured out on a second all-female spacewalk to finish upgrading the International Space Station’s power grid By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer January 15, 2020, 12:12 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts ventured out Wednesday on a second all-female spacewalk to finish upgrades to the International

The new year ushered in a landmark California privacy law that gives residents more control over how their digital data is used. The Golden State isn’t the only beneficiary, though, because many companies are extending the protections — the most important being the right to see and delete the personal data a company has —

Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the nearly extinct northern white rhino in a global effort to keep the species alive By CARA ANNA Associated Press January 15, 2020, 10:28 AM 2 min read JOHANNESBURG — Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the nearly extinct northern white rhino in

When 27-year-old Sumit Jain started sharing his dance videos on TikTok, his family laughed at him. But that didn’t stop the young man from the western Indian state of Maharashtra from following his dream – which was for people across India, and the world, to watch him dance. Now, a year later, he has millions

CANBERRA, Australia — Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government office blocks in the Australian capital Canberra have been closed because the air inside is too dangerous for civil servants to breathe. The sun has glowed an eerie

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store January 14, 2020, 6:29 PM 2 min read Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1 TouchRetouch, Adva-Soft 2 Minecraft, Mojang 3 Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 4 Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 5 Heads Up! ,Warner Bros. 6 Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 7 Monopoly, Marmalade Game Studio

Seismologists in southern Puerto Rico are studying recently buried sensors they hope will reveal answers behind the constant and unusual shaking in the region that has terrified residents By DANICA COTO Associated Press January 14, 2020, 10:24 PM 4 min read PONCE, Puerto Rico — Seismologists in southern Puerto Rico gingerly walked around a patch