A French sleuth thinks he's found Barack and Michelle Obama's love lock — and...
Phileas Le Cléateur is a French artist on a mission to return love locks rescued from famed Parisian footbridge, the Pont des Arts, to their owners.In 2014, local authorities declared the locks...
View ArticleJACK MA: 'If trade stops, war starts'
MELBOURNE — Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma made headlines last month for visiting Donald Trump and announcing his company Alibaba would help create 1 million jobs for the US.On Saturday in Australia,...
View ArticleWatch the scary moment tourists are nearly swamped as lava carves off a sea...
You might have caught this story last week about lava flowing into the ocean off Hawaii’s Big Island.It’s been going on for months, but scientists noted that the spectacular strong flow through a lava...
View ArticleWatch an Australian racing driver do a hot lap using only Samsung Galaxy...
Vodafone’s Australia CEO Inaki Berroeta really, really wanted to show the world how good his company’s 4G network was.No manner of safety provisions could have made this PR stunt any less terrifying. A...
View ArticleNew Zealand is about to get a new central bank chief
First it was the prime minister, and now New Zealand (RBNZ) is about to get a new central bank governor.Graeme Wheeler, the RBNZ’s current governor, announced on Tuesday that he would not seek a second...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. US President Donald Trump reportedly wasn't "fully briefed" on the details of an executive action giving his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, more...
View ArticleCrude oil is getting crushed
It hasn’t been a good start to February for crude prices, especially in recent days.Weighed down by a resurgent US dollar, concerns about a ramping up in US shale production and massive build in US...
View ArticleTrump's list of 'underreported' terrorist attacks includes one from Australia...
According to Donald Trump, the Lindt Cafe siege, which ended in the deaths of two people, cafe manager Tori Johnson, 33, and barrister Katrina Dawson, 38, as well as the gunman, in December 2014, is...
View ArticleWhy booming consumer confidence could lead to fewer, not more, rate hikes...
Though you wouldn’t know it from some recent news reports, consumer confidence in the USA is sky high right now, and not just in states that voted for Donald Trump.Confidence is at its highest point...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. The UK government has a plan to fix its "broken" housing market: It wants to build 250,000 new homes annually to ensure that "a whole generation" is...
View ArticleChina's pollution is so bad this company built a water bottle that doesn't...
A clean water supply in China is not enough, apparently.With the country’s air pollution many times above the maximum levels recommended by the World Health Organization, people want to keep the water...
View ArticleChina's central bank is going after Bitcoin
China’s central bank, battling to curb capital outflows due to persistent fears over continued weakness in the Chinese yuan, has issued a blunt warning to Bitcoin exchanges that they risked closure...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. The White House has accused Nordstrom of lodging a "direct attack" on US president Donald Trump's policies. It comes after the retailer dropped his...
View ArticleLEGO is the key to productive business meetings — according to a 'serious...
Michael Fearne is a LEGO serious play expert.Yes, you read that correctly.Fearne has spent 10 years running and facilitating workshops where people use LEGO to open conversations, work through problems...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. The US federal appeals court ruled against Donald Trump, and is refusing to reinstate his travel ban affecting people from seven Muslim-majority...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Monday.1. US President Donald Trump will face the "biggest ever protest" when he visits the UK. Officials are even considering moving Trump's visit from London to...
View ArticleHedging is about to make a comeback on global crude oil markets
Global airlines and shipping companies are expected to flock back into oil hedging in a low but rising crude oil pricing environment, Citigroup says.Oil consumers are returning to hedging as spot oil...
View ArticleInflation in China is heating up fast
Chinese inflationary pressures went up a cog in January, led by another enormous surge in producer price inflation (PPI).According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), PPI jumped by 6.9%...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. US President Donald Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn has resigned. It comes amid an uproar over conversations with a Russian ambassador...
View ArticleThe 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. US President Donald Trump's team had plenty of talks with the Russians. It wasn't just former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned...
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