Tag: general news

Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?

NEW YORK -- A nonprofit law group dedicated to protecting the rights of Southern voters of color had more on its plate this...

Trump will be honored as Time's Person of the Year and ring the New York Stock Exchange bell

NEW YORK -- About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him...

Stock market today: World shares are mixed following a rebound on Wall Street

BANGKOK -- Shares were mostly higher Thursday in Asia after Wall Street resumed its upward climb, as an update on inflation appeared to...

European Central Bank likely to cut rates while weighing US trade concerns and France's chaos

FRANKFURT, Germany -- With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatening new tariffs and political chaos engulfing France, the European Union's second largest economy, the...

One Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption

LONDON -- After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to...

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don't pay for news

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue...