EXPLAINER: Why has the price of Bitcoin been falling?
NEW YORK — The price of Bitcoin fell as much as 29% Wednesday after the China Banking Association warned member banks of risks associated...
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has...
Report: Colonial confirms it paid $4.4M to pipeline hackers
The operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems,...
Belgian search for man on terror list goes into second day
BRUSSELS — The search for an armed man who is on a Belgian terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies and who...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify Friday as Epic trial nears end
SAN RAMON, Calif — Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the witness stand this Friday in a high-stakes courtroom battle over the lucrative commissions...
EU Parliament votes to take down illegal sports streaming
BRUSSELS — European legislators adopted a proposal Wednesday to combat online piracy of live sporting events that includes the option to block illegal broadcasts...
FTC sues Frontier for delivering internet that’s too slow
The Federal Trade Commission and six states are suing Frontier Communications for not delivering the internet speeds it promised customers and charging them for...
Countdown begins to discover where Columbus came from
MADRID — Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese...
WarnerMedia to offer $10 ad-supported tier of HBO Max
WarnerMedia is rolling out a $10-a-month ad supported version of its HBO Max streaming service starting in June.
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Turkey bans polyethylene plastic imports
ISTANBUL — Turkey has banned the importation of ethylene polymer plastic waste as environmental groups sound the alarm on the world’s plastic consumption and...
