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Microsoft pledges to let EU users keep data inside bloc
LONDON — Microsoft is pledging to let business and public sector customers in the European Union keep cloud computing data inside the 27-nation bloc to avert concerns about U.S. government access to sensitive information.
May 6, 2021 9:32 AM
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Productivity rebounds at solid 5.4% rate in first quarter
WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity posted a sharp rebound between January and March after falling in the previous quarter. Labor costs declined slightly. Productivity increased at an annual rate of 5.4% in the first quarter, recovering from a 3.
May 6, 2021 9:32 AM
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Bank of England expects best year for UK economy since 1941
LONDON — The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold as it forecast the fastest annual pace of growth for the British economy since early on in World War II, largely as a result of the rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines.
May 6, 2021 9:31 AM
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Goats return to Reagan Library to eat and create a firebreak
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — More than 350 goats are using their mouths to help protect The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum from wildfire danger.
May 6, 2021 9:17 AM
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Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures
TOKYO — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago.
May 6, 2021 9:09 AM
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Int'l Court sentences Ugandan to 25 years for war crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court sentenced a Ugandan former child soldier who turned into a brutal rebel commander to 25 years' imprisonment Thursday, with judges saying that his own abduction as a schoolboy and history as a
May 6, 2021 7:40 AM
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US unemployment claims fall to a pandemic low of 498,000
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the job market's growing strength as businesses reopen and consumers step up spendin
May 6, 2021 6:45 AM
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Ex-49ers player Hayne to spend nearly 4 years in jail
SYDNEY, Australia — Jarryd Hayne, a rugby league star who also played briefly in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018.
May 6, 2021 1:59 AM
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Caitlyn Jenner to critics: 'I move on' she says in interview
LOS ANGELES — Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican whose campaign for California governor has elicited angry reaction from some members of the LGBTQ community, said Wednesday that “I move on” when it comes to her critics.
May 5, 2021 11:06 PM
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US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S.
May 5, 2021 7:08 PM
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