US dollar may get a second wind

Since mid-April, the dollar has declined by 7% versus the euro and 6% versus the British pound, moving back to levels last seen around January.

One more risk for Greece right now

Greece's anti-austerity government may think it's being squeezed by its international lenders but that could be nothing compared to the pressure it faces from the country's voters, experts warn.

Abe to push security reform, may compromise economic change

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will this week push ahead with plans to loosen the rules governing the military, although analysts warn that this may squander the political capital needed to pursue tough economic reforms.

A Climate-Modeling Strategy That Won’t Hurt the Climate

It is perhaps the most daunting challenge facing experts in both the fields of climate and computer science — creating a supercomputer that can accurately model the future of the planet in a set of equations and how the forces of climate change will affect it.

Once untouchable, Egypt's Sisi faces media attacks

Egyptian newspapers are publishing what would have been unthinkable when then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi removed the Muslim Brotherhood from power in 2013: suggestions that he is fallible.

US concerned China behind cyberattack on US sites

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States voiced concern Friday over a report that China manipulated international Internet traffic intended for a major Chinese Web service company and used it for a cyberattack on U.S. sites.

Japan ruling party executive says more BOJ easing not needed for now

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan does not need to ease monetary policy further for the time being since a delay in hitting its inflation target is mostly due to slumping oil prices, the policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Friday.