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A novelist, classics professor and guidebook author on captivating novels set in long-lost worlds, like Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “The Land That Time Forgot” and Ayn Rand’s “Anthem.”

The U.S. and Australia announced agreements to bolster diplomatic and military cooperation, presenting a united front against an increasingly aggressive China and the coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will come under the glare of a national spotlight, as their CEOs face questions from members of Congress aiming to rein in what they believe is excessive power in the hands of a few giant companies.

Space tourists won’t be able to take their phones aboard, but the spaceship includes a giant mirror so they can watch themselves float around and 16 cameras in the cabin to catch all the action.

None of the recent escapees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and most were caught soon after breaking out of arrival facilities, but the breakouts are adding to unease in a country hard-hit by the pandemic.

HBO’s limited series “Watchmen” leads the contenders for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards with 26 nominations. Other top nominees include Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Netflix’s “Ozark” and HBO’s “Succession.”

A company that provided nuts to first-class American Airlines passengers is stuck with loads of them after canceled orders from the airline and will gladly sell them to you.

The European Union imposed sanctions on China over its treatment of Hong Kong, inching the bloc closer to the Trump administration’s more hawkish stance toward Beijing.

Nations from German to Greece are reviving curbs amid worries that after draconian lockdowns this spring, Europeans are letting down their guard

Revel, the moped-sharing company that brought scooters to New York City last year, has shut down operations in the city after a second person was killed early Tuesday while riding one of its scooters.

To win, the Democrat has to show that he isn’t a hostage of the disorderly far left.

A country convinced that it is irredeemably racist can’t lead the world as the ‘indispensable nation.’

Pro-democracy campaigner Benny Tai was fired Tuesday from his job as an associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong, a decision that cast a pall over wider academic freedoms in the city as China asserts its authority.

U.S. government-bond yields fell after tepid economic data and new signs of policy makers’ struggles with the economic damage from the pandemic.

The exchange operator is seeking to bring first periodic auctions to one of its U.S. stock exchanges, which could limit the advantages of high-frequency traders over other market participants.

Iran’s daily death toll from Covid-19 reached a record high, as authorities grapple with a recent surge after rolling back restrictions in an attempt to salvage the country’s struggling economy.

Though the fast-food chain is far from a full recovery, its shares looks reasonably priced.

The International Monetary Fund agreed to lend South Africa $4.3 billion, the largest loan any African country has received since the start of the coronavirus crisis, underscoring the force of the pandemic’s blow to the continent’s most developed economy.

Tech companies and medical researchers are studying whether smartwatches and smart rings with sensors that continuously gather your temperature, heart rate and blood oxygen could give us early Covid-19 personal warning systems.

Google is welcoming necessity with open arms, but that doesn’t mean every company should jump at the chance.

Face coverings are a simple way to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, public-health officials say. Here’s how different types of masks stack up, and how they’re meant to be used.

McDonald’s profit suffered a deeper-than-expected drop, as the coronavirus shut restaurants around the globe and forced the chain to spend tens of millions of dollars to help keep its franchisees operating.

Nissan Motor said it was facing a second consecutive year of losses topping $6 billion because of the coronavirus pandemic’s hit to car sales.

The world’s largest consumer-electronics exhibition is going to be virtual in 2021, the latest sign that event hosts are being cautious about the future as coronavirus infection rates climb in the U.S.

When the coronavirus pandemic forced BMW AG to close factories across Germany in March, Matthias Schindler saw an opportunity to boost plants’ use of artificial intelligence.