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Inside the Myanmar mountain camp where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta
China is cracking down on data privacy. That's terrible news for some of its biggest tech companies
Massive X-class solar flare erupted from sun
Fire rips through Dubai port after explosion inside a ship's container
Biden administration gives senior Saudi visitor the red carpet treatment signaling possible warming ties
Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars
WeChat deletes dozens of university LGBT accounts in China
Fort Lauderdale accepts proposal for Elon Musk's Tesla beach tunnel
How collecting sneakers became a multi-billion-dollar industry
The world's most powerful passports for 2021

Inside the Myanmar mountain camp where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 05:57 PM PDT

Full-throated they belt out songs of victory, their boots adding the drumbeat as ranks of new recruits jog in formation through their jungle training camp.

China is cracking down on data privacy. That's terrible news for some of its biggest tech companies

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 07:57 PM PDT

China spent months clipping the wings of some of its tech champions over concerns that they were crowding out the competition. Now Beijing is seizing on data privacy as the next step in a sweeping campaign that threatens to cut companies off from global investment.

Massive X-class solar flare erupted from sun

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:50 PM PDT

The first large flare of the current solar cycle has erupted from the sun.

Fire rips through Dubai port after explosion inside a ship's container

Posted: 08 Jul 2021 03:15 AM PDT

An explosion inside a container on a ship docked at Dubai's Jebel Ali port early Thursday caused a large fire, authorities said.

Biden administration gives senior Saudi visitor the red carpet treatment signaling possible warming ties

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 03:38 PM PDT

The Biden administration hosted the most senior Saudi official to arrive in Washington since the White House distanced itself earlier this year from the kingdom and its defacto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a visit that may signal yet another recalibration in the fraught relationship.

Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:12 PM PDT

Lamborghini on Wednesday unveiled what will be its last V12-powered supercar driven purely on gasoline. While there will be more V12 Lamborghini models in the future, they will be plug-in hybrids, the Italian supercar manufacturer said.

WeChat deletes dozens of university LGBT accounts in China

Posted: 08 Jul 2021 06:26 AM PDT

WeChat has deleted more than a dozen LGBT accounts run by university students, sparking fears that safe spaces for China's sexual and gender minorities are going to shrink even further.

Fort Lauderdale accepts proposal for Elon Musk's Tesla beach tunnel

Posted: 07 Jul 2021 12:48 PM PDT

Fort Lauderdale, Florida plans to strike a deal with Elon Musk's The Boring Company to build a tunnel between its downtown and the beach.

How collecting sneakers became a multi-billion-dollar industry

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 03:38 AM PDT

In 2009, Derek Morrison stood in an airport boutique and considered spending $960 on a pair of Louis Vuitton x Kanye West sneakers crafted from rose-tinted suede and caramel leather. He ultimately decided against it -- he couldn't justify the price and had too many suitcases.

The world's most powerful passports for 2021

Posted: 06 Jul 2021 09:14 AM PDT

If there was an Olympics of passports, Japan wouldn't just be hosting it -- it'd be winning the whole competition.