Why Trump blinked
President Donald Trump has spent weeks drawing battle lines for a trade war with Europe and courting Vladimir Putin -- causing almost universal angst in Washington. On Wednesday, he blinked on both.
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China region set to become deadliest heat wave zone: report
China's north plain, one of the most densely populated regions on Earth, is set to become the world's deadliest heatwave zone by the end of the century, scientists say.
Spies in the suburbs: Inside the CIA’s secret defector unit
Years after defecting from Russia and resettling in the US, former KGB officer Alexander Zaporozhsky was lured back to the country he had once betrayed. The CIA warned him not to go.
Donald Trump is twisting himself in knots trying to explain the Trump Tower meeting
On Sunday morning, amid his latest tweetstorm about the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump turned his focus to the now-infamous June 2016 meeting between his top advisers and several Russians.
Earth at risk of becoming ‘hothouse’ if tipping point reached, report warns
Scientists are warning that a domino effect will kick if global temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, leading to "hothouse" conditions and higher sea levels, making some areas on Earth uninhabitable.
Deepfakes are coming. Is Big Tech ready?
Mark Zuckerberg insisted at Facebook's annual developer conference earlier this year that his company "will never be unprepared ... again" for meddling and disinformation efforts like those run by Russian trolls on its platform during the run-up to the 2016 election.
Can you speed-read these news stories?
The BBC is experimenting with a way of delivering the news more quickly on smartwatches.
The utter collapse of Donald Trump’s ‘best people’ boast
As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd "surround myself only with the best and most serious people" -- adding: "We want top-of-the-line professionals."
At WeWork summer camp, there’s no meat, plastic straws or bottled water
Environmental sustainability is a hot corporate trend right now, with one company after another banning plastic straws, offsetting carbon emissions, and taking other steps toward being better planetary stewards.
Follow the arrow: Hidden designs in famous logos
There is an arrow hidden in the FedEx logo. (If you've never noticed, go take a look, and prepare to be blown away.)
