Special Reports
Special Report: Bitcoin 'creator' races to patent technology with gambling tycoon
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive online gambling entrepreneur to file scores of patents relating to the digital currency and its underlying technology, blockchain.
U.S. military marches forward on green energy, despite Trump
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his top advisors have often scoffed at government support of green energy. His chief strategist called it “madness.”
North Korea spy agency runs arms operation out of Malaysia, U.N. says
It is in Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" neighborhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown building, where a military equipment company called Glocom says it has its office.
Treason charges against Russian cyber experts linked to seven-year-old accusations
MOSCOW Treason charges brought in December against two Russian state security officers and a cyber-security expert in Moscow relate to allegations made by a Russian businessman seven years ago, according to the businessman and a source connected with the investigation.
Out of the shadows: Manila's meth dealers back on the streets as cops pull back
MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs had until three weeks ago driven the trade in crystal methamphetamine underground, according to residents and drug users in some of the slum areas of the nation's capital city.
Pipeline fights move from Dakota prairie to Louisiana bayous
(This story corrects paragraph 37 to say $12,000 instead of $1,200 in Feb 22 story.) | Video
In Bavarian town, Syrian sisters get to grips with Germany's freedoms
SCHILLINGSFUERST, Germany More than a year ago, Mayar and Nawar Ballish escaped car bomb attacks in Damascus. Now the Syrian sisters, both students in their twenties, go to school by train past neat gardens and farms in the quiet hills of Bavaria, southern Germany.
Sportsmen fight Trump energy plans alongside environmental left
WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY, Utah When Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced legislation last month to transfer about 3 million acres of federally-held public land to state control, he was bombarded by thousands of angry phone calls, letters and social media posts urging him to back off.
After drug war contracting boom, Mexican prisons stand idle
PAPANTLA, Mexico Guards at one of Mexico's high security prisons have to worry much more about criminals breaking in than busting out. | Video
California demand for wind power energizes transmission firms
LOS ANGELES A firm controlled by Philip Anschutz, the billionaire entertainment and pro sports magnate, will soon build the largest wind farm in the United States to serve utilities in California, where officials have set ambitious green power goals.
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border
WASHINGTON Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials. | Video