A "Gallery of Flops" including a handset just for tweeting and a failed Apple stereo system warned entrepreneurs at CES on Thursday that dreams of market glory can crumble. VOA's Hassuna Baishu is attending CES 2023 and is livestreaming and reporting from the convention floors. Stay here at VOAAfrica.com for continual updates.
World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December, though they hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed Friday.
At least 10 people were injured in a shooting outside Miami during the filming of a music video by Moroccan-American rapper French Montana, police and US media said Friday.
UPDATED WITH FRESH FIGHTING DETAILS: Russia's announcement of a temporary unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine is "not credible", Josep Borell, the EU's top diplomat, said Friday - labelling it "hypocrisy".
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr debut, an official at the Saudi club told AFP on Friday.
US job gains exceeded expectations in December while the unemployment rate ticked down, a closely-watched government report said Friday, signaling resilience in the labor market despite efforts to cool the economy.
The eurozone's annual inflation rate fell for a second month in a row, to 9.2 percent in December, driven by easing energy prices, official data showed Friday, bringing some relief to Europe in the new year.
Government forces in the self-declared Somaliland republic have withdrawn from a contested town near the border of Somalia after days of deadly protests against central rule, security officials said Thursday.
Josep Borell, the European Union's top diplomat vowed "zero tolerance" for corruption on Thursday as he visited Morocco, which has been linked to an influence-trafficking scandal rocking the European Parliament.
The United Arab Emirates on Thursday detailed its role in an international operation to arrest an Eritrean fugitive in Sudan accused of being "the world's most wanted" people smuggler.
The United States on Thursday offered a $10 million reward to find a leader of Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants over a 2020 attack on an air base in Kenya that killed three Americans.
M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo this week promised to retreat from a strategic position even as they conquered territories elsewhere, throwing confusion over the future direction of a year-long conflict.
Hiring in the United States jumped in December with a boost from service industries, although salary growth slowed, payroll firm ADP said Thursday.
Popular Egyptian actor Menna Shalabi was found guilty Thursday for cannabis possession and handed a suspended one-year jail sentence and a fine, in a case that drew widespread attention.
The US trade deficit narrowed more than anticipated in November on a fall in imports, government figures showed on Thursday, with drops seen in pharmaceuticals and household goods.
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo faces a wait to make his Al Nassr debut because the Saudi club have exceeded their quota for foreign players, club sources told AFP on Thursday.
Amazon announced this past week it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing "the uncertain economy" and the fact that the online retail giant had "hired rapidly" during the pandemic.
President Joe Biden has called rival Republicans' tussle to select a speaker "embarrassing" as the U.S. House of Representatives adjourned until 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Prosecutors in Brazil said Wednesday they have reinstated over-decade-old fraud charges against US Republican Congressman George Santos, who is under fire for admitting he made up large parts of his resume.
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