Bloomberg Philanthropies launches its largest Mayors Challenge ever to inspire city leaders globally

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Moscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD — Leaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances met…

Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers with clean energy

Amazon on Wednesday said that it was investing in small nuclear reactors, coming just two days…

The world will be fueled by electricity but even more clean energy is needed, report says

The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as…

The world’s second Sphere will be built in the UAE capital after the first opened in Las Vegas

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world’s second Sphere is planned to be built in the…

Italy approves tight budget partly funded by a levy on banks and insurers

ROME — Italy’s far-right government has approved a budget for next year of about 30 billion…

Another study points to correlation between helmet use on motorcycles and odds of survival

A new study compiling decades of fatal motorcycle crashes is being released by the Insurance Institute…

California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay…

Hong Kong cuts liquor tax in effort to reignite its nightlife industry

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader announced a cut in liquor taxes on Wednesday as the…

What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the US?

NEW YORK — Just how much of a setback was the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. working…