Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics, US says
Saudi Arabia, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to spy on thousands of accounts that...
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Biggest tropical wetlands ravaged by fires in Brazil
Fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands have ripped through the biodiverse region, consuming an area the size of London in just the past 10 days, burning...
New Zealand passes law aimed at combating climate change
New Zealand lawmakers on Thursday joined forces across the aisle to pass a bill aimed at combating climate change. The Zero Carbon bill aims to...
Iconic Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic and death
Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine...
US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on users
The Saudi government, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to gather confidential personal information on...
Airbnb to verify all 7 million properties to improve trust
Airbnb says it will spend the next year verifying that all 7 million of its listings are accurate and that the homes and rooms being...
Standing tall: Scientists find oldest example of upright ape
The remains of an ancient ape found in a Bavarian clay pit suggest that humans’ ancestors began standing upright millions of years earlier than previously...
Walmart, Tesla settle lawsuit over fiery solar panels
Walmart and Tesla have settled a lawsuit filed by the retail giant alleging that Tesla installed rooftop solar panels that caught fire. Lawyers for both...
Japan’s SoftBank tumbles into losses over costly investments
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled into losses in the last quarter as its earnings were hammered by money-losing investments, including a bailout for...
AT&T fined $60M for misleading with ‘unlimited’ plans
AT&T will pay $60 million to settle the government’s allegation that it misled customers of unlimited-data plans by slowing down service for heavy users. The...
Germany: World united on climate pact despite US pullout
Germany says the U.S. government’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement is “regrettable” but no surprise. Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said Tuesday...
Google employees call for corporate climate change action
Google employees are demanding the company issue a climate plan that commits it to zero emissions by 2030. An online petition posted Monday bears signatures...
Bringing the world’s buried wetlands back from the dead
The ghosts are all around the gently rolling farmlands of eastern England. But you have to know where to look. These are not the kind...
US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
The United States has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that...
APNewsBreak: Airbnb agrees to provide host records to Hawaii
Airbnb Inc. has agreed to provide Hawaii with records of many of its island hosts as the state tries to track down vacation rental operators...