Business A Robot Named 'Tappy': Huawei Conspired To Steal T-Mobile's Trade Secrets, Says DOJ In an indictment that reads like a spy caper gone awry, the Justice Department alleges that the Chinese device maker urged its employees to sneak intel about T-Mobile's brilliant testing robot. Laurel Wamsley
Education Duke Professor Is Sorry For Urging Chinese Students Not To Speak Chinese A professor sent an email instructing Chinese students at Duke to speak only English in certain campus buildings. An uproar and an apology followed. Yuhan Xu
Environment Seattle is really good at recycling. Maybe a little too good Seattle's recycling rules haven't changed. They are the same today as they have been for years, but we don't follow them. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Science China Becomes First Country To Land On Far Side Of Moon, State Media Announces China's lunar lander, Chang'e 4, successfully touched down on the far side of the moon Thursday morning. Matthew S. Schwartz
Technology China Takes Wind Out Of Apple iPhone Sales Apple cut billions from its revenue estimates amid slower sales in China. In August, Apple became the first firm worth $1 trillion, but its stock is down more than 30 percent in the past three months. Avie Schneider
Asia Sorry, Santa: A Chinese City Has Just Banned All Things Christmas No public Christmas displays. No celebrations. No holiday socks or Santa costumes sold by vendors. What's behind this seemingly Grinch-like stance? Yuhan Xu
Politics John Bolton: U.S. Won't 'Turn A Blind Eye' To China's Trade Practices The arrest and possible extradition of a Chinese business executive highlights trade practices that national security adviser Bolton says will be a major focus of U.S.-China trade talks. Scott Horsley
Environment Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Up Again. What Now, Climate? The fortuitous dip in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, during the past three years is over, as economies turn up. The trend in the near future looks grim, say climate scientists. Christopher Joyce
World Beijing Is Pushing Hard To Influence U.S. Views Of China, Report Says The new report, authored by some of the top experts on China, warns of an aggressive influence campaign aimed at the U.S. government, universities and even Hollywood. Rob Schmitz
Politics Tensions With China, Putin Meeting To Dominate Trump's G-20 Trip President Trump heads to the international summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this week. The answers to a number of looming questions could determine whether the visit is a success. Tamara Keith
