Wed, Oct 23 2019

After years of decline, a spike in air pollution may have taken the lives of almost 10,000 additional Americans over two years. Following a 24% drop between 2009 and 2016, particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. increased 5.5% in 2017 and…

WASHINGTON—A top U.S. diplomat in Kyiv is set to face questions from lawmakers Tuesday on why he believed nearly $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine was contingent on Kyiv undertaking certain investigations seen as potentially benefiting…

The Chinese government is drawing up a plan to replace Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's leader, with an “interim” chief executive following violent protests against her administration, according to people briefed on the deliberations. The…

America is sitting on a mountain of uneaten bacon. More than 40 million pounds (18,000 metric tons) of pork bellies, the cut used for bacon making, were sitting in refrigerated warehouses as of Sept. 30, according to U.S. government data released…

Google has officially announced that it's achieved quantum supremacy in a new article published in the scientific journal Nature. The announcement comes exactly one month after it initially leaked, when Google's paper was accidentally published…