Wall Street rebounds as US & China hold talks to prevent full-blown trade war

US stocks recovered on Tuesday following the publication of a report that Washington and Beijing are seeking to de-escalate the trade spat that could rock the global economy. Read more All the three key US indices – the Nasdaq, Dow Jones and S&P – were trading in the green zone, all growing just shy of […]

Sitrep: The Air Force’s senior citizen chopper may have to hold off retirement

(video link) The US Air Force has some of the most high-tech aircraft in the world flying missions at the spear’s tip. But a remarkably large number of its systems are what would gently be referred to as “vintage”—and those systems are performing some of the Air Force’s most important missions. One of those senior-citizen […]

It started with a kiss: How EU's Juncker wooed Trump to hold off on tariffs

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Twitter puts verification fixes on hold as elections loom

Twitter has spent the past several months trying to fix its verification mess, but it looks like you’ll have to wait a while longer for a solution. New product lead Kayvon Beykpour has announced that Twitter is putting its verification reform efforts on hold to focus on “information quality” in the run-up to the US […]

‘Don’t hold US-Russia ties hostage to internal politics’: 5 takeaways from Putin’s Fox interview

US media have blasted President Donald Trump for not properly confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit. In an exclusive interview, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace tried to do just that. Wallace’s one-on-one interview with Putin was recorded immediately following the Helsinki summit and aired during the Bret Baier Special Report on Monday […]

WATCH LIVE: World Cup winners France hold Champs Elysees parade for ecstatic fans

World Cup winners France are holding a parade along the Champs Elysees in Paris, after beating Croatia in the final in Moscow on Sunday. France claimed World Cup victory with a 4-2 win over a spirited Croatian team, handing Les Bleus a second ever title. The victory meant Didier Deschamps became just the third man […]

Republicans will hold a vote on abolishing ICE — forcing Democrats to show their hand

Alex Edelman/Getty Images Republicans are gearing up to force a vote on the left wing of the Democratic Party’s plan to abolish the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The plan to hold a vote would be an attempt to make vulnerable Democrats show their hand on a controversial and fringe position important to the Democratic […]

Here’s how long bitcoin investors plan to hold on

Bogdan Cristel/Reuters Way more crypto investors than many outsiders would think actually have confidence in crypto’s long-term fundamentals. Still, there are concerns in the market.  Security in crypto exchanges looms as a big risk.  How Long Do Investors Plan to Hold Onto Bitcoin? Did investors buy bitcoin because it was trendy, or are they committed […]