Dan Boylan

Solar panels present big issues in farming communities, critics say

The latest ranking of the "friendliest" states for developing solar energy has been released, adding momentum to the industry's boom across the U.S.

January 3, 2019

Drones likely to be regulated by state, city governments in 2019

Drones likely will generate more interest and concern in 2019, as their fliers find new uses for the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and state and city governments apply more scrutiny to regulate those uses.

January 1, 2019

144 police officers died in line of duty this year

National police memorial groups are reporting a sharp increase in the number of officers killed in the line of duty this year, as authorities in California search for an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally who is suspected of killing a small-town police officer early Wednesday.

December 27, 2018

Iran ‘corruption courts’ fuel surge in executions

The embattled Iranian government is increasingly resorting to the most severe punishment -- execution -- as it tries to tamp down a wave of financial crimes amid an economic downturn fueled in part by tough U.S. sanctions, according to activists and human rights groups.

December 17, 2018

Huawei’s company practices spark international concerns

A flash point in the raging trade war between Washington and Beijing, Shenzhen-based Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Inc. is used to facing headwinds in its rise to global prominence.

December 16, 2018

Nicolas Maduro’s backers taunt opposition, U.S. over Russian bomber visit to Venezuela

Leading Venezuelan officials mocked opposition critics and shrugged off Trump administration criticism over the recent arrival in Caracas of two Russian supersonic nuclear-capable bombers, a symbol of Moscow's support in the face of bitter feuding with the U.S.

December 12, 2018

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, faces liberal bias charge from Republicans

Google's top executive faced sharp questioning on Capitol Hill from Republicans complaining of liberal bias in its search engines and Democrats focused on Google's role in spreading disinformation and clearing the path for adversaries such as Russia to meddle in the U.S. democratic process.

December 11, 2018

Grilled on Hill, Google chief Pichai denies firm censors conservatives

The head of Google told Congress Tuesday that the firm has no political bias, pushing back against President Trump and top Republican lawmakers who say the world's largest online search engine stifles content from conservative news outlets and personalities.

December 11, 2018

Russia may end Visa, Mastercard payment network connection

Russia's Central Bank has reportedly warned leading financial institutions across the country that they could soon be disconnected from the global Visa and MasterCard credit card payment systems because of U.S. sanctions.

December 10, 2018

State Department names and shames Iran on global ‘Anti-Corruption Day’

The State Department is using Sunday's "International Anti-Corruption Day" as an opening to criticize what it says is rampant corruption in Iran and name and shame numerous government officials, including the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

December 10, 2018

Amnesty International slams China for human rights abuses against Muslim ethnic minorities in report

Beijing's mass detention of Muslim ethnic minorities, including Uighurs and Kazakhs, in China's western Xinjiang region is among "the most disturbing developments" of the year, according to Amnesty International's 2018 review of human rights.

December 9, 2018

Larry Kudlow can’t guarantee Meng to be released

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow hinted that the Trump administration could release a top Chinese tech executive as part of a broader negotiation with China, as officials in Beijing scrambled to balance their outrage over her arrest with their need to cool the trade war between the world's two economic superpowers.

December 9, 2018

Europe, Japan echo U.S. concerns over Chinese telecom giant Huawei

Japan and the European Union said Friday they had their own security concerns about Huawei and other Chinese corporate giants, a day after it was revealed a top Huawei executive had been detained in Canada at the request of the Trump administration.

December 7, 2018

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest threatens Trump-China trade truce

At a time of maximum tension in the U.S.-China relationship, news of the arrest last weekend of a top Chinese tech official in Canada managed to set off multiple shock waves Thursday, threatening to buckle global stock markets and wipe out a big chunk of the recent Wall Street gains President Trump is fond of trumpeting.

December 6, 2018

Bulgaria, Slovakia join U.S. in rejecting U.N. migration pact

Bulgaria and Slovakia have become the latest countries to follow the Trump administration's lead and say they won't join an ambitious United Nations compact on global migration that was all set for a triumphant signing ceremony in Morocco next week.

December 5, 2018

Canada’s top spy warns foreign espionage as great a threat as terrorism

In his first public speech, Canada's top intelligence official warned that cyber espionage poses as great a strategic challenge to international security as terrorism.

December 5, 2018

Paris riots show failure of Emmanuel Macron carbon tax with public

The turmoil sparked by French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to boost gas taxes is just the latest example of an emerging political truism. While economists hail them as the best, most efficient and most effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, green taxes are proving a tough sell for politicians who have to work and win elections in the real world.

December 4, 2018