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Updated May 9, 2019 - Energy & Climate

Anadarko enters into merger agreement with Occidental

Nepal has a front-row seat to the great power competition in Asia

Updated May 9, 2019 - Science

Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Origin's plan to land on the moon

Earth is losing its free-flowing rivers

The Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng, Cambodia
Updated May 9, 2019 - Technology

Uber prices IPO at $45 per share

The facial recognition face-off

Facial recognition illustration
May 9, 2019

Trump to nominate Patrick Shanahan to be permanent secretary of defense

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

Trump says he was "very surprised" Don Jr. was subpoenaed by Senate Intel

May 9, 2019

Heading off the quantum encryption apocalypse

Illustration of a computer floating in the center of an atom.

Pelosi: Trump has created a "constitutional crisis" over the Mueller report

May 9, 2019 - Economy

Thanks to Tinder, Match is making a killing on lonely, single millennials

A stylized chat in the Tinder service with 'Match Group' sending money bag emojis and the other person sending heart eyed emojis.
May 9, 2019

Pope Francis issues sweeping new law for sexual abuse reporting

Pope francis standing with priests
Updated May 9, 2019 - World

North Korea fires suspected missiles, South reports

Kim Jong-un during a speech.

Donald Trump Jr.'s Senate Intel subpoena faces GOP backlash

Donald Trump Jr.

What Apple, Facebook and Google each mean by "privacy"

Illustration of a giant security camera watching a small person on their cell phone.
May 9, 2019 - Economy

Tariffs on China could hit U.S. hard, too

Illustration of two businessmen with a Chinese flag and a U.S. flag standing far apart
Updated May 9, 2019 - Economy

Trade war: Trump says China "broke the deal" during negotiations

President Trump during a rally in Panama City Beach, Florida, Wednesday.
May 9, 2019

The future of the burger

In 1925, two actresses eating burgers on the beach
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