Economy and business

Report: US health authorities need to play larger role in cannabis policy

Push for renewable energy sparks new environmental worries

Hong Kong welcomes new giant pandas gifted by Beijing

Statue of American music legend Johnny Cash unveiled at US Capitol

CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for July global tech outage

Former executive gets 2 years in prison for role in FTX fraud

Swiss police detain several people in connection with ‘suicide capsule’

Ancient coastal city in Egypt feels impact of changing climate

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution

Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women’s health at Clinton Global Initiative

Biden administration seeks to ban Chinese, Russian tech in most US vehicles

Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians, 1 American from ISS returns to Earth

Cholera spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating

Micro dramas shake up China’s film industry, aim for Hollywood

US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles, sources say

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ scares off ‘Transformers’ for third week as box office No. 1

UN adopts pact promising to build ‘brighter future’ for humanity

Japan cracks down on bad-faith buyers as temple, shrine sales surge

Dedicated artists keep Japan’s ancient craft of temari alive

Dolphins dying in Amazon lake made shallow by drought

This US city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts to protect children

Climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough

California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction

Parts of US Midwest could offer fall’s most vibrant foliage

Congo struggles to contain mpox; here’s why

As traces of Pakistani megacity’s past vanish, flamboyant pink palace endures

‘Souls of Ancestors’ display stirs new interest in Cambodian antiquity

UN report: Debt crisis undermines AIDS eradication in Africa

Mpox spreads at alarming rate among children in Burundi

Submersible’s scientific director says vessel malfunctioned days before fatal dive

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China-connected spamouflage impersonated Dutch cartoonist

How Lebanon’s wireless paging system was weaponized to make Hezbollah devices explode

New analysis of 2019 Wuhan market animals may help find COVID-19 origin

Debate churns over mining Pacific seabed for green-energy minerals

Baby hippo Moo Deng becomes internet sensation

California laws target deepfake political ads, disinformation

From street football in Ethiopia to the US Super League

Africa needs its own medical research for its health issues, experts say

Climate week talks to include critical minerals and seabed mining debate

Faraway black hole unleashes record-setting energetic jets

Who still uses pagers?

US targets second major Chinese hacking group

South African study transforms global TB treatment

EU court confirms Qualcomm’s antitrust fine, with minor reduction

‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

Gates Foundation: Funding needed to save children from climate-induced hunger

Partial lunar eclipse will be visible during September’s supermoon

Zimbabwe starts providing free treatment for women with obstetric fistula

Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with racketeering, sex trafficking

Big Tech, calls for looser rules await new EU antitrust chief

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates

COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram’s Durov

AI videos of US leaders singing Chinese go viral in China

TikTok, US face off in court over law that could lead to ban on popular platform

Authorities install air quality Monitors around Nairobi