The Premier League Is Returning With Virtual Crowd Noise From Video Games
The English Premier league is set to restart in the coming weeks, and Sky Sports is working with EA Sports’…
Year: 2020
NFL Condemns Racism, Admits ‘We Were Wrong’ Not To Listen To NFL Player Protests
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the league was “wrong” for failing to listen to players who protested social…
Italy Hopes EU Nations Will Open Borders To Italians From June 15
Italy hopes other EU countries will reopen their borders to Italian citizens on June 15, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio…
Jeff Bezos Says His Stance Won’t Change After Amazon Customer Was Angry Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Message
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement by posting an email exchange with…
OPEC And Allies To Agree One-Month Extension To Output Cuts
OPEC and its allies led by Russia are “most likely” to agree on a one-month extension to an oil production…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says Working On Products To Promote Racial Justice
Facebook Inc has started a workstream for building products to advance racial justice in response to the ongoing protests in…
‘The troops hate it’: John Kelly Criticizes Trump Threat To Use Armed Forces To Quell Protests
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Friday that he did not agree with President Donald Trump’s threat…
Airline Stocks Soar As Coronavirus Lockdowns Are Lifted
American Airlines (AAL) plans a steep increase in July flights as coronavirus lockdowns are lifted and demand rises. United Airlines…
Coronavirus: WHO Advises To Wear Masks In Public Areas, Reversing Policy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to…
Apple Is Reportedly Giving Coronavirus Tests To Staff As They Return To The Office
Apple is offering employees Covid-19 nasal swab tests as they return to work, according to a Bloomberg report which cited people…
George Floyd: Reddit Co-Founder Quits Board And Asks For Black Replacement
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from the tech firm’s board and urged the company to replace him with a…
Twitter, Facebook Disable Trump Video Tribute To Floyd Over Copyright Complaint
Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms…
Ronaldo Becomes First Billionaire Footballer
Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned the first soccer billionaire ahead of his top rival in sport, Lionel Messi after earning…
UN To Announce New State Carved Out of Nigeria, Cameroon By July 10
The United Nations has completed plans to carve out a new territory from Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon by July…
Sterling On Pace For Its Best Week Against The Dollar Since March
Sterling is on course for its strongest week against the dollar since late March, driven by risk-on sentiment and the…
U.S. Scraps Plans To Ban Chinese Airlines But Will Limit Flights To Two A Week
The Trump administration on Friday scrapped a plan to ban Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the U.S. after Beijing said…
Victoria’s Secret UK arm goes into administration
The UK arm of Victoria’s Secret has fallen into administration, putting more than 800 jobs at risk. The chain, famous…
Wall Street Jumps On Surprise Fall In Unemployment Rate
U.S. stocks jumped at the open on Friday after a closely watched report showed a surprise drop in the U.S.…
US Unemployment Declines To 13.3% As Economy Added 2.5m Jobs In May
Covid-19’s devastating assault on the US economy waned in May as the unemployment rate dipped to 13.3% and the US…
U.S. Unemployment Rate Close To 20%
The U.S. unemployment rate likely shot up to almost 20% in May, a new post World War Two record, with…
Major Markets In Asia Pacific Jump As Much As 49% From Their March Lows
Major markets in Asia Pacific have bounced back strongly following a historic period of volatility and uncertainty in March, as the…
Elon Musk Calls For Amazon Breakup After Covid-19 Skeptic Claims It Censored His Book
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday tweeted that he thinks it’s time to break up Amazon. His tweet…
Oil Hits $40, As Nigeria Cuts Production By 216,000bpd
Global oil commodities gained in prices on Wednesday as Brent crude, the benchmark against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, rose…
Slack Revenue Growth Fails To Impress; Withdraws Billings Outlook For 2021
Slack Technologies Inc (WORK.N) on Thursday withdrew its 2021 billing outlook and reported a 50% jump in quarterly sales that…
Gap Reports Huge First-Quarter Loss On Coronavirus-Led Store Closures
Gap Inc <GPS.N> on Thursday reported a whopping first-quarter loss of $932 million as the apparel retailer wrote down the…
Sony’s Unannounced 1000XM4 Headphones Leak In Full With Minor, But Welcome, Changes
Sony’s unannounced WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones have leaked in full thanks to a new listing on Walmart’s website that reveals basically…
NBA Approves Plan To Resume Season In July At Disney World
The NBA’s Board of Governors have approved a plan to restart the suspended season with a tentative July 31 start…
Amazon licenses Slack For All Employees, While Slack Adopts AWS Video-Calling Tech
Slack and Amazon are deepening their partnership. Under a new deal announced Thursday, all Amazon employees will have access to…
Nigeria: Lagos To Allow Restricted Opening Of Churches And Mosques From June 19
Lagos State government says religious gatherings would be allowed to reopen on June 21, 2020. This was disclosed by the…
Bentley To Cut ‘Up To 1,000’ Jobs
Luxury carmaker Bentley is to cut 1,000 jobs in the UK, the BBC understands. The firm, which makes most of…