Federal agents have arrested a NASA researcher for allegedly failing to disclose ties to Chinese government entities, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. University of Arkansas-Fayetteville professor Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 63, was arrested on Friday and charged with wire fraud. “Ang made false statements and failed to report his outside employment to UA, which enabled […]
Angela Merkel leaves the plenum after a question and answer session of the German parliament Bundestag – CLEMENS BILAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Angela Merkel threatened Russia with consequences yesterday on Wednesday as she accused Vladimir Putin’s intelligence services of hacking her emails. “We always reserve the right to take measures, including against Russia,” Mrs Merkel told the German […]
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Asian markets fell in early trading Wednesday, as investors took remained cautious as the world’s economies slowly start reopening from coronavirus-related shutdowns. Japan’s Nikkei JP:NIK dropped 0.8%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HK:HSI rose slightly. The Shanghai Composite CN:SHCOMP declined 0.2% while the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite CN:399106 was about flat. South Korea’s Kospi KR:180721 […]
Most students at California’s public universities won’t be returning to classes this fall. University of California schools, which include Berkeley and UCLA among its 10 campuses, left the door open for some sort of return to campus but said all schools were preparing to be primarily online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The California State […]
Remote workers were thrown off-balance Tuesday night when Slack Technologies Inc.’s collaboration and messaging system crashed. “Users have reported general performance issues such message sending failures and timeouts,” Slack said on its website around 8 p.m. Eastern. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and will provide an update shortly.” […]
As parts of New York state and the Pittsburgh area prepare to allow some businesses to reopen on Friday, Broadway theaters announced Tuesday that they will remain closed through at least Labor Day weekend. The move by The Broadway League, the national trade association for the theater industry underscores how difficult it could be for […]
With more than 80,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump are trying to deflect blame to former President Barack Obama. In a dialogue with Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, live-streamed by the Trump campaign on Monday evening, McConnell said that Obama’s team, which exited office over three years ago,“did […]
The top executives of Eventbrite Inc. told Wall Street on Monday that the company will survive the pandemic through many steps it has taken, including a massive restructuring, but they are still pinning the future on live-events ticketing, and banking that ultimately people need to be around other people. Earlier in the day, The ticketing […]
C&C Coffee and Kitchen had had enough of all the coronavirus restrictions and, through its Twitter TWTR, -0.80% feed, let President Donald Trump know it was about to take action: What exactly did it mean by taking a stand? The Castle Rock, Colo., shop opened its doors for Mother’s Day in defiance of the state’s […]