Internet Space
‘Yelp laws’ aim to halt online review reprisals
It's now law in California: consumers have a right to post negative reviews on Yelp and other websites, without fear of reprisals from companies they write about.
Trade Wars
Yellen says US ‘carefully’ monitoring China economy
The United States is "carefully" monitoring China's challenges, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday, as the slowdown in the world's second largest economy raises concerns for global growth.
Weather Report
Year so far the hottest in US history
The continental United States has recorded its warmest ever year so far with all but one of the 48 states clocking temperatures above the historical average, official data showed Monday.
Terror Wars
Yazidis urge ICC to open probe into IS atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks by the Islamic State group -- on Thursday urged the International Criminal Court to investigate the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
Water World
Yao Ming urges Chinese to give up shark fin soup
Basketball star Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson on Thursday launched a campaign urging Chinese to stop eating shark fin soup to help save the predators.
Cyber War
Yahoo hacked by ‘professional’ criminals: researchers
The massive theft of Yahoo user data disclosed last week came from "professional" hackers seeking to profit from the breach, according to an analysis by security researchers.
Cyber War
Yahoo reports 29,000 government data requests
Yahoo received some 29,000 government requests for data on its users this year, with almost half coming from the United States, according to the company's global transparency report released Friday.
Tech Space
Yahoo Japan develops 3D search engine-printer
Yahoo Japan Corp. has developed a voice-activated Internet search that links to a 3D printer, letting users look online for blueprints to deliver solid objects in a few minutes, the company said.
Trade Wars
Yacht world seduces China, Brazil’s super-rich
Russian oligarchs and their floating palaces helped keep the luxury yachting industry buoyant through the crisis, but super-rich buyers from China and Brazil are rushing to join them on the waves.
Cyber War
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA on data could mean prison
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Wednesday said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.
Superpowers
Xi’s G20 no-show hints at China’s shifting diplomatic priorities
President Xi Jinping's unexplained decision to snub the G20 summit underlines Beijing's frayed ties with other major powers as well as growing secrecy at the top of the ruling Communist Party, China analysts told AFP.
The Stans
Xinjiang rights campaigner says denied entry by Kazakhstan
A prominent campaigner who has documented the plight of Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang region said Monday he was barred from entering neighbouring Kazakhstan.
Superpowers
Xi to nurture pro-China allies on US trip
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a high-profile state visit to the White House this week, but he stops first in Washington state on the west coast to shore up support among skittish allies, especially big business.
The Stans
Xi vows backing for Kazakhstan in first trip since pandemic
China's President Xi Jinping was in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday on his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, ahead of a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Nukewars
Xi to attend Russia summit, North Korea’s Kim invited
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a regional summit in Russia next week, officials said Friday, joining the prime ministers of Japan and South Korea at a gathering to which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was invited.
Superpowers
Xi to show rising China’s global role in US state visit
President Xi Jinping will demonstrate China's increasing global influence on his first state visit to the US next week for a closely watched summit with Barack Obama, even as concern builds that its giant economy is losing steam.