SPOKANE, Wash. — Gary Bailey is certain China is trying to rattle Donald Trump voters with its threat to slap tariffs on soybeans and other agriculture staples grown in rural America. The wheat farmer in eastern Washington, a state that exports $4 billion a year in farm products, is also certain of the result. “It’s […]
NEW YORK — Facebook’s acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by “malicious actors” is the latest example of the social network’s failure to protect its users’ data. Not to mention its apparent inability to even identify the problem until the company was already embroiled in scandal. […]
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — A South Korean court is set to issue a verdict against disgraced former President Park Geun-hye on Friday, a year after she was forced out of office and arrested over an explosive corruption scandal that ensnared aides and prominent business leaders. Park has been held at a detention centre near […]
LOS ANGELES — A man was being questioned by investigators Thursday after two explosive devices detonated inside a Sam’s Club store in Southern California, police said. No one was injured when the explosives went off inside the store in Ontario, which is about 45 miles (72 kilometres) east of Los Angeles, said Ontario Police Department […]
Trump Denies Knowledge Of Hush Money To Porn Actress NPR Stormy Daniels’s lawyer: Trump just increased strength of our case ‘exponentially’ The Hill (blog) Trump still hasn’t denied paying Stormy Daniels. Not really. Washington Post Full coverage...
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Samsung Electronics estimated its first-quarter operating profit jumped 56 per cent to a record high, likely because demand for memory chips continued to be robust, outweighing lower display sales to Apple. The South Korean tech giant said in its preliminary earnings report that its January-March operating income was an estimated […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods Thursday in a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries. Trump’s surprise move came a day after Beijing announced plans to tax $50 billion in American products, including soybeans and […]
VICTORIA — An offer of a free cruise isn’t enough to quell one passenger’s anger over a Panama Canal vacation that she says was marred by construction noise and fumes. Norwegian Cruise Line has offered guests who were aboard the troubled voyage a full credit of the fare they paid, to be used toward another […]
Trump seeks an additional $100 billion in tariffs against China in escalation of trade confrontation Washington Post US to Consider Additional $100 Billion in China Tariffs Wall Street Journal Trump orders officials to look at $100...
Thursday at Augusta Highlighted the Difference Between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia Sports Illustrated Masters 2018: Sergio Garcia sets record with octuple-bogey 13 on Augusta National’s 15th hole GolfDigest.com Full coverage Source: New feed