Bitcoin surges above $11,000 thanks to Facebook’s currency plans
Bitcoin surged to a near 16-month high above $11,000 Monday, overshadowing showings across stock, foreign exchange and commodity markets, with investors looking ahead to the week’s G20 summit. Bitcoin reached $11,251.21, surpassing $10,000 for the first time since March last year, as the cryptocurrency sector got a huge boost from Facebook’s unveiling of its own […]
Toys ‘R’ Us, Back From the Dead, Will Open U.S. Stores in 2019
Maybe American kids will only have to live through one Christmas without Toys “R” Us. About a year after shuttering U.S. operations, the remnant of the defunct toy chain is set to return this holiday season by opening about a half dozen U.S. stores and an e-commerce site, according to people familiar with the matter. Richard […]
Trade disputes to dominate as ASEAN meets in Bangkok
Flags of many colors: A security officer stands guard during the preparations for the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun) Southeast Asian leaders will dissect the impact of the US-China tariff war this weekend at a Bangkok summit, with Beijing determined to drive forward a trade pact sweeping in 40 percent […]
South China Sea: Satellite image shows Chinese fighter jets deployed to contested island
Hong Kong (CNN)A satellite image obtained by CNN shows China has deployed at least four J-10 fighter jets to the contested Woody Island in the South China Sea, the first known deployment of fighter jets there since 2017.The image was taken Wednesday and represents the first time J-10s have been seen on Woody or any […]
Trump Administration to Hold Migrant Children at Base That Served as WWII Japanese Internment Camp
blob:https://time.com/8b57ce45-c478-484a-acdb-62a1ab9ef190 The Trump Administration has opted to use an Army base in Oklahoma to hold growing numbers of immigrant children in its custody after running out of room at government shelters. Fort Sill, an 150-year-old installation once used as an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, has been selected to detain 1,400 children […]
Top 5 Foods to Feed Your Brain
Think about it: The foods you eat have a huge impact on your body, from your energy level to your heart health and beyond. Your brain is no exception, and research shows that things like the MIND (Mediterranean — Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet, which focuses on specific brain-beneficial food groups, is linked with better […]
New Report Pans Supplements for Brain Health
En español | An in-depth report released today by the AARP-founded Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) — a working group of top neurologists, nutritionists and researchers — finds that supplements to preserve or boost memory or cognition aren’t worth the plastic they’re bottled in. “Supplements for brain health appear to be a huge waste of money for […]
FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure
The dossier on cancer researcher Xifeng Wu was thick with intrigue if hardly the stuff of a spy thriller. It contained findings that she’d improperly shared confidential information and accepted a half-dozen advisory roles at medical institutions in China. She might have weathered those allegations, but for a larger aspersion that was far more problematic: […]
Brendt Christensen, charged with beheading Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying, was obsessed with US serial killer Ted Bundy, court hears
A US man accused of kidnapping and killing a scholar visiting from China two years ago was obsessed with Ted Bundy and other serial killers, prosecutors said on Wednesday as they shared with jurors grisly details of how the victim was allegedly raped and brutally beaten before her death. Opening statements began in the federal […]
How to Freeze Your Salary: Get Pregnant
Nilab Tolton had been working as an associate at the international litigation firm Jones Day for five years when she learned she was pregnant. Looking back, Tolton says she knew but also didn’t know—at least not in a conscious, articulable kind of way—that having a kid was going to complicate her goal to make partner. […]