BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Foreign Ministry ordered government trade body Camex on Thursday evening to start analyzing whether a local reciprocity law could be used against the United States, two sources familiar with the matter said. The law, passed earlier this year by Brazil’s Congress, establishes a legal framework for Brazil to respond to potential unilateral…
Mobile apps are notoriously “data-hungry,” with developers collecting personal and even sensitive data from their users and their users’ devices and using that information for both legitimate and illegitimate purposes. This kind of data collection is problematic enough when it takes place within the US: that is, when a US citizen has their data harvested…
Russia is facing a drop in trade volumes with China and aims to reverse this trend ahead of the upcoming leaders’ summit in the northern port city of Tianjin. According to Chinese customs data, from January to July 2025, trade between the two countries fell by 8.1% compared to the same period last year. This…
The U.S. Federal Reserve looks set to cut interest rates at its next meeting on Sept. 16 and 17. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation increased by 8% in 2022, which was a 40-year high and significantly above the Federal Reserve’s target annual increase of 2%. High inflation can be devastating for the…
Rising geopolitical tensions and global security threats continue to put authorities around the world to the test. While the Hong Kong government has rightly sought to enhance readiness and responses to emergencies by conducting counterterrorism exercises over the years, Thursday’s drill marks another milestone in the city’s strategy to defend internal and national security. What…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Mexico and Ecuador September 2-4 to advance key U.S. priorities. These include swift and decisive action to dismantle cartels, halt fentanyl trafficking, end illegal immigration, reduce the trade deficit, and promote economic prosperity and counter malign extra continental actors. The Secretary’s fourth trip to our hemisphere demonstrates the United States’ unwavering commitment to protect its borders, neutralize narco-terrorist…
KVIV: Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was Moscow’s answer to diplomatic efforts to end its war. At least 18 people, including four children, were killed in the capital, officials from the city administration said. As the sun rose, rescuers…
SAN ANTONIO – A new exhibition is coming to The Whitliff Collections, and it’s all about the Queen of Tejano music. Three decades after her death, Selena Quintanilla Pérez has become an icon not just for her music, but her impact as a cultural touchstone, remembered for both her life and death as a pop…
Cambricon, a China-based semiconductor firm, posted record profit in the first half of the year, along with revenue that surged roughly 4,300%. The earnings, released late Tuesday, serve as an example of Nvidia’s growing local competition in China, as the government and market seek alternative chipmakers to gain traction in the region. Nvidia’s business in…
Now that Apple sells over hundreds of millions of iPhones a year, it’s easy to forget that it all began with two college dropouts in a garage with some trademark old Apple computers. Since 1976, Apple has seen its share of ups and downs, but the company’s nearly 50-year-long resume is packed with tech milestones….