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'I dare you': Swedish teen storms Davos with message about climate change

Greta Thunberg has galvanised protests by high-schoolers in demanding stronger government action to fight global warming.

China wants to make a deal, US doing very well in trade negotiations: Trump

Trump argues that China has skewed the trading rules for decades and must agree to substantial reductions in import barriers, while boosting protection for US intellectual property

Hackers use Nest camera, send hoax warning of N Korean nuke attack on US

Nest camera users were urged to prevent such invasions by implementing two-factor verification

Viacom gets future ready; acquires streaming platform Pluto TV for $ 340 mn

Viacom is optimistic about the ad-supported streaming television market, where it plans to work with Pluto TV

Crisis in Tonga as the internet-reliant island plunges in cyber darkness

While the authorities look into the cause and struggle to find a solution, they have turned to a small, locally operated satellite connection as back-up

After a month of US shutdown, unpaid federal workers turn to food banks

Customs, tax and emergency management officials are all among the crowd, having gone unemployed since December 22

US govt shutdown day 32: Senate set to vote on 2 competing plans tomorrow

A senior Republican Senate aide said it was unlikely Republicans would sign on to the short-term funding bill, and that even if they did, the president would not sign it

UN's report forecasts global economic growth around 3% in 2019

Waning support for multilateralism, escalating trade disputes, increasing debt and rising climate risks are clouding prospects

Defiant Trump vows no surrender on 32nd day of US government shutdown

Trump triggered a partial government shutdown on December 22 as a way of pressuring the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives to back the border wall project

'Worried about climate change, but can't stop chartering private jets'

It forecast nearly 1,500 private jet flights over the week of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to airports near Davos in the Swiss Alps

Russian plane forced to land shortly after take-off in suspected hijacking

Authorities said the passenger was still onboard the plane, which now stands on the runway in Khanty-Mansiysk

Toyota announces JV with Panasonic to develop batteries for electric cars

The firm will be set up by 2020 and controlled 51-49 per cent by Toyota, the Prius manufacturer said in a statement

Global economy to grow 3% in 2019; climate risk, trade disputes to rise: UN

But the report also stressed that economic growth is uneven and often doesn't reach poorer nations

Renault board will meet Thursday to replace Ghosn; Bollore may be next CEO

Michelin chief Jean-Dominique Senard could replace Carlos Ghosn as board chairman

China's second gene-edited foetus is 12-14 weeks old: US physician

Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the scientific community after revealing that he had successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born in November to prevent them from contracting HIV

Andhra CM Naidu proposes Kapu quota within Modi govt's 10% EWS quota

The move could force other states to carve out quotas for Gujjars, Jats, Marathas and Patidars

Over 100 academics, diplomats ask China to release two detained Canadians

Both China and the rest of the world will be worse off as a result

British PM Theresa May says will return to EU to discuss Irish backstop

May promised a more consultative strategy on Brexit that would include parliament but also business leaders and civil society but her statement essentially offered no solutions

China grants Ivanka Trump five more trademarks amid trade talks with US

Ivanka Trump's expanding intellectual property holdings have long raised ethical concerns, particularly in China, where the courts and bureaucracy tend to reflect will of the ruling Communist Party

France uses strict EU privacy law first time, fines Google 50 mn euros

Google allegedly made it too difficult for users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is used.