Volkswagen unveils concept pickup truck at New York auto show Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) unveiled a prototype pickup truck at the New York auto show on Wednesday, a vehicle that would fill a gap in the German company’s U.S. product lineup in what is one of the most profitable segments of […]
Apple leans on multimedia to convince schools that iPads are better than Chromebooks Apple has a Google problem — in education, that is. Google has won over a large portion of the education market in the US, something that can be credited to both the cheapness of web-based Chromebooks and […]
New Taxes Could Spell End of Cryptocurrency Trading in Thailand Thailands new Royal Decree on regulating the transactions of digital assets was passed on March 27, granting potential ICOs an additional 30 days to inform the SEC of their plans while raising the capital gains tax and adding 7% VAT […]
Trump administration claims win in trade negotiations with South Korea The Trump administration is claiming the U.S. has successfully renegotiated its trade dealings with South Korea, in what would mark the first major trade deal since President Donald Trump announced hardline blanket tariffs last month. Senior administration officials, speaking to […]
Life and death in Vietnam National Vietnam War Veterans Day is being observed today. And while the war spanned many years and northwest Ohio suffered losses throughout, this spring also marks 50 years since early 1968, a time when several local men were killed. Vietnam War-era newspaper reports told a […]
Poland signs $4.75 billion deal for U.S. Patriot missile system facing Russia Poland signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defence system for $4.75 billion in a major step to modernise its forces against a […]
Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange’s Internet Access. Again Ecuador’s government said Wednesday that it had suspended internet access for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who since 2012 has lived in Ecuador’s Embassy in London, out of concern that he was harming its relationships with Britain and other European nations. The […]
Malala Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since Attack 6 Years Ago Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for girls’ education and the world’s youngest Nobel laureate, returned to Pakistan early Thursday in her first visit since an attack by Taliban militants gravely injured her in 2012. Her homecoming was wrapped […]
Bodies recovered from mine believed to be missing Eureka couple The families of a young couple missing since the beginning of the year said Wednesday they finally have the closure they’ve wanted, even if it’s not the outcome they were hoping for. “For us, we’re bringing the kids home. That’s […]
Lawsuit Over Trump’s Ties to His Businesses Is Allowed to Advance A lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by refusing to divorce himself from his businesses cleared a critical hurdle Wednesday when a federal judge in Maryland refused the Justice Department’s plea to dismiss it. In a 47-page […]
