The international community should step up pressure on North Korea to help defuse the stand-off over the isolated country's pursuit of long-range nuclear weapons, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday during a visit to Latvia. “As the international order founded on the rule of law is being
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Both traditional and online news organizations have come to count on Facebook as a source of revenue and readers. The social network drives about 17 percent of the visits to the websites of companies participating in Digital Content Next, a group that represents publishers including Bloomberg News,
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South Africa's new ruling-party leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, vowed to fight corruption, revive the struggling economy and restore investor confidence, the latest sign that he's planning a dramatic shift after years of decline under Jacob Zuma. “We are resolute in our commitment to make this the year in which
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Iraq joined the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman in calling for OPEC and allied producers to stick with their agreement to cut oil output until the end of the year, despite recent price gains. Output cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and fellow producers have contributed to
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One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has been down for hours and its clients are starting to freak out. Kraken went offline at 9 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday for maintenance that was initially scheduled to last two hours, plus an additional two to three hours for withdrawals, according to an
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