Новости за 25.02.2018

New FDA regulations raise the standard for rapid flu tests, with the aim of creating more accurate results and limiting misdiagnoses.

European Union policy makers are set to face soon a decision on whether Bulgaria can join the common currency—and their response will have broader implications about the EU’s future than many policy debates in Brussels.

This week features wage and price growth data from the U.S., purchasing mangers index readings from China, eurozone inflation figures, and a policy statement from South Korea’s central bank.

A drop in agricultural income means the money earned from side work in rural manufacturing and businesses takes on a greater importance in funding food production.

The high-yield market has gotten more diversified but many investors are stuck with old, U.S.-heavy indexes.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s new Galaxy S9 looks great, runs fast and has a camera that meets or beats any other out there—just like last year.

Samsung’s new flagship phone comes in two sizes, both with powerful cameras that do more than take pretty pictures. WSJ’s David Pierce checked it out before its global launch. Photo/Video: Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street Journal

A New York Lawyer finds an extreme-flexibility workout that pushes limits; ‘like yoga on steroids.’

Gucci is in the midst of a boom shadowed by the threat of a bust: fickle shoppers falling out of love with the Italian fashion house as quickly as they embraced it.

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is set to throw new doubt on the British government’s Brexit proposals by outlining a plan to stay very close economically to the EU.

The Winter Olympics in South Korea wound down much the way they opened: With plenty of high-tech razzle-dazzle and a healthy dose of geopolitical intrigue.

Huawei Technologies, a Chinese maker of smartphones and telecom gear, is seen in Washington as a potential tool of state-sponsored spying, but Britain and several other U.S. allies are embracing Huawei’s technology.

The message came just hours after the North’s state media said it would “never have face-to-face talks with them even after 100 years or 200 years.”

A probe by the Manhattan district attorney into Newsweek Media Group, including its advertising practices and loans for leases on computer servers, has widened to look at its ties to a Southern California bible college.

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is set to throw new doubt on the British government’s Brexit proposals Monday by outlining a plan to stay very close economically to the European Union over the long term.

Wireless companies are finally setting deadlines for the rollout of the next wave of technology designed to revolutionize the way machines reach the internet, 5G.

Immigration has become a central battleground in Italy’s March 4 general election, along with fear of crime, a battered economy, and disgust with political incumbents.

First-world services are finally arriving in the developing world—because of mobile money, unconventional credit scoring, data science and even satellite imaging—and they don’t require a smartphone.

The story of the South Korean women’s curling team, on the brink of a gold medal, goes back to a physical education teacher from a small Korean town who learned the sport by studying video and books he brought back from trips to Canada.

China’s Communist Party proposed eliminating a constitutional cap on presidential terms, solidifying signs Xi Jinping intends to cast off decades-old restraints on one-man rule and stay in power for many years to come.

South Korea's women's curling team, the "Garlic Girls," became the unexpected K-Pop stars of the Olympics by reaching the finals. Their improbable rise sparked a curling craze that will be remembered far beyond the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. WSJ visited Uiseong, hometown of the "Garlic Girls," to understand the craze.

South Korea's women's curling team, the "Garlic Girls," became the unexpected K-Pop stars of the Olympics by reaching the finals. Their improbable rise sparked a curling craze that will be remembered far beyond the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

South Korea's women's curling team, the "Garlic Girls," became the unexpected K-Pop stars of the Olympics by reaching the finals. Their improbable rise sparked a curling craze that will be remembered far beyond the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Pressure on South Korea to end the sale and consumption of dog meat, a declining culinary tradition, is growing as activists and athletes stepped up their campaign at the Winter Olympics. Photo: Getty Images

China’s Communist Party proposes eliminating a two-term constitutional cap on presidential terms, solidifying signs that Xi Jinping intends to cast off decades-old restraints on one-man rule and stay in power for many years to come.