BOSTON / AP Students are developing a virtual reality game based on James Joyce’s “Ulysses” as part of a class at Boston College. The goal of “Joycestick” is to expose new audiences to the works of one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, as well as to give a glimpse of how virtual reality can be used to enhance literature, …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE financial markets closed with a profitability in weekend trading with heavy stocks, which strengthened their gains for the second straight session, amid continued buying by some corporations. The market value share gains traded by companies amounted to AED6.3 billion, according to official figures released after the close of trading. The general index of …

  What we learned from the latest ‘score’ by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of Obamacare and the Trump administration’s ‘repeal and replace’ plan is what we should have known all along. To wit: If people have health insurance, they will use more health services — visits to doctors’ offices, more tests, procedures and drugs — and health spending will …