Economy and business

Chinese online retailer Temu faces EU probe into rogue traders, illegal goods

Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

Use of firecrackers renews air pollution debate in India ahead of Diwali

Musk’s X ineffective against surge of US election misinformation, report says

Children trick-or-treat at White House; first lady dresses as panda for Halloween

China-Russia cooperation blocks Antarctic conservation proposals

Militant attacks in Pakistan hinder polio immunization campaigns

Indians mark Diwali by lighting record number of earthen lamps

US detects H5N1 bird flu in pig for first time

Britain identifies its first case of new mpox variant

Cambodian archaeologists discover centuries-old statues at Angkor

China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration

US finalizes rule restricting investment in Chinese tech firms

Record 8 million people diagnosed with TB in 2023, WHO reports

Companies find solutions to power EVs in energy-challenged Africa

Teri Garr, comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died

Cryptocurrency promoters on X amplify China-aligned disinformation

Authorities in Shanghai crack down on Halloween celebrations

Nigeria praises CAF decision in controversy over Libya’s treatment of Nigerian footballers

Small modular reactors could give developing countries access to nuclear energy

One person dead in Iowa from Lassa fever, state health department says

Texas Country Boys give charity concerts in war-torn Ukraine

Pakistan, Afghanistan launch polio vaccination drives as cases resurge

McDonald’s Quarter Pounder returns after E. coli testing rules out beef

Bavarian tradition honors St. Leonhard, patron saint of farmers, horses and livestock

How to prepare for potential health effects of upcoming end to daylight saving time

‘Venom: The Last Dance’ misses projections as superhero films’ grip on theaters loosens

Thousands turn out for Thai royal barge pageantry

War casts shadow over Lebanon’s ancient Baalbek

NASA astronaut released from hospital after return from space station

Major Vatican meeting sidelines talks of women priests, deacons

NASA astronaut hospitalized upon return from extended stay in space

Bassist Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead, dies at 84

Climate finance to take center stage at COP29

Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing’s capsule trouble, Hurricane Milton

How Afghan, Pakistani clerics battle polio vaccine misinformation

US military, intelligence agencies ordered to embrace AI

AI decodes oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy in Danish study

China space plan highlights commitment to space exploration, analysts say

Royalanimal.com domain for sale!

Snakebite victims in Southern Africa struggle to get antivenom

Polio strikes as misinformation fuels vaccine refusal in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Chinese official urges Apple to continue ‘deepening’ presence in China

E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder kills 1, sickens dozens in US

Polio resurfaces in Ivory Coast, threatening country’s children

Ukrainians find normalcy between shellings in Sumy ‘art yard’  

New mpox variant detected in Germany

China unveils first diagnosis guidelines to battle escalating obesity crisis

‘Garbage in, garbage out’: AI fails to debunk disinformation, study finds

French government takes new blows over deal to sell painkiller maker to US fund

Microsoft to allow autonomous AI agent development starting next month

Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity

WHO urges Rwanda to see off Marburg outbreak

‘Smile 2’ grinning to No. 1 at box office; ‘Anora’ glitters

Tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla turns AI boom into digital gold mine

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US

Kidney transplants are safe between people with HIV, US study shows

Polio crisis deepens as Pakistan reports new cases

Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne among Rock Hall of Fame inductees

6-time Olympic cycling champion Hoy reveals he has terminal cancer