And well show you how a vegetable farmer in northern japan is catching the eyes and wallets of shoppers. U. S. Space agency nasa says its unmanned spacecraft maven has entered the orbit of mars. The probe arrived at 2 24 utc on monday after a tenmonth journey. Scientists cheered at a control center in the u. S. State of colorado when they confirmed the news. Unlike the agencys other mars probe, curiosity, maven is not designed to land on the planet, but to study its atmosphere. Nasa administrator Charles Boldin said the probe will provide data for a mission to send humans to mars in the 2030s. Scientists say life existed on the planet in the distant past. Nasa plans to study how its environment has changed. Mavens mission is to continue for one year. The Foreign Ministers of iran and saudi arabia have sat down for talks in new york. Analysts say the meeting hints at possible improvements to the two nations strained ties. Iranian foreign minister mohammed javaz zarif met face to face wi
Police in hong kong have moved in on people staging a sitin to demand greater democracy. Officers arrested more than 500 demonstrators. The previous day tens of thousands of people marched through the territory. Crowds filled the streets on the 17th anniversary of hong kongs reversion to china. They called on authorities in beijing to respect hong kongs autonomy. The organizer said the rally drew 510,000 people, an unprecedented number. The police say by their count, nearly 100,000 people showed up. More than 1,000 demonstrators, many of them young people, continued their protest after the main march ended. They staged a sitin on roads in the financial district. Police began removing them in the morning. Officers said they were disrupting traffic and undermining public safety. Many hong kong residents take part in protests on july 1st every year. They say theyre worried over the chinese governments continued interference in hong kongs affairs. A car bomb has ripped through a crowded ma
The situation is getting dangerous, he says. He talked with bloomberg television. The risks to the World Economy, the risks to the british economy are a standoff it is growing each day. It is a miscalculation or a misstep growing as well. The greek exit from the euro could be damaging to the continents economy. The Justice Department turning up the heat on four of the Worlds Largest banks. Prosecutors want the banks to plead guilty to criminal charges to settle an investigation into currency manipulation aired. It may take months to negotiate a deal. Ubs warning that profits may be hurt by a stronger franc. Reporting lowerthanexpected earnings. They lifted the cap on the swiss franc. Heres the ceo. The strategy wont change. We have concrete plans that we announced last year in 2015. We are executing those plans. The latest of elements developments may speed up the execution of this plant. Ubs is the worlds biggest manager of money for the wealthy. The largest provider of pharmacy drugs
Republicans, 202 5853881. Parties, 202 5853882. You can catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. If you chose your Political Party by a specific issue, a poll shows what party you may belong to. Most dominant issues for republican voters. Only about half of democratic voters say these issues are important to their decision. The chart can be found at the Pew Research Center for the people and the press. Budget deficit, forum policy, immigration, terrorism, and economy. For those issues more important to those voting democrat, environment, economic inequality, birth control, and health care. Aboutally a port equally important, abortion and gay marriage. If your parents have influenced your decision to vote, a story from earlier this year two children take their parents political beliefs . It is not that simple. Parents with strong beliefs feel it is their duty to see their children adopt those beliefs, however wellmeaning those efforts are, they may be in vain. Found that pa
Seem like a likely match. Verizon is hoping that aol the disrupt can make it a more powerful player in an industry undergoing tremendous change. Aol shares shot and verizon shares fell slightly. Morgan brennan has more on the de why now. The one time king of mobile is all about mobile. Verizon touches about 70 of internet traffic and by acquiring aol they will have Better Technology for selling ads and mobile. A fast growing market. Aol said they decided itself to sell in a better market place that will be increasingly be dominated by large players. Look forward in five years there will be massive global scaworks and there is no better partner than verizon. So it is not about selling the s about setting up for about the next five or ten years. And since they own tech crunch and tech gadget. And some say huff post could be spun off. The fact that the company aproviding Internet Connections with now producing the media people are going online for. And not just content creation but new Co