Goats help prevent wildfires in California
In California, authorities use goats to prevent wildfires as the animals eat up brush that could lead to infernos. The practice, which began in recent years, has become common since the tragic…
Violent protests result in 1 dead, 200 injured in Iraq
Hundreds of people took to the streets in different parts of Iraq to demand more basic services and to protest corruption and unemployment, a situation that in Baghdad devolved into a pitched…
Ex-leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party to withdraw from politics
Heinz-Christian Strache has announced that he is withdrawing from politics after his party's heavy election loss on Sunday. The "Ibiza" scandal forced the former vice-chancellor from his position earlier this year.…
World Bank to support emerging economies as growth stumbles
World Bank to support emerging economies as growth stumbles…
Mightier than Mao? Xi Jinping’s China marks 70 years of Communist rule
Mightier than Mao? Xi Jinping's China marks 70 years of Communist rule…
Airbnb charts unconventional path to the public markets
Airbnb Inc.’s long-awaited Wall Street debut is officially earmarked for 2020, but the home-share startup is charting an unconventional path to the public markets. Bloomberg's Sonali Basak reports on "Bloomberg Markets: The…
‘Our desire to open Sudan to foreign investment can only happen if sanctions are lifted’, Sudan interim PM says
‘Our desire to open Sudan to foreign investment can only happen if sanctions are lifted', Sudan interim PM says…
U.S. ISM factory index sinks to 10-year low of 47.8
Paul Sheard, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, examines the U.S. Institute for Supply Management's factory index, which slipped to 47.8 in September, the second straight reading below 50. He speaks with…
Drones a game changer for emergency responders
From locating forest fires in California, to getting a 3D map of the fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris - drones are proving to be a game changer for emergency responders who are…