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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 at…
Louis Vuitton Unsure Over $16bn Tiffany Takeover
The world's biggest luxury goods firm, LVMH, has cast doubt over its planned $16bn (£12.5bn) takeover of…
German Stimulus Package Hands Families €300 For Each Child
Germany's coalition government has agreed a €130bn (£114bn) fiscal stimulus package which cuts tax and hands €300…
Eurozone In Fresh Emergency Action To Boost Economy
The European Central Bank has taken further dramatic measures try to boost the eurozone economies, amid their…
U.S. Jobless Claims Dip Below 2 Million, Road To Recovery Rocky
Other data on Thursday showed a jump in the trade deficit in April as the pandemic upended the global flow of goods…
China’s Aviation Authority To Allow More Foreign Flights After The U.S. Bans…
China's aviation authority said Thursday that it would allow foreign airlines to increase flights between the…
Russia Declares State Of Emergency After Massive Oil Spill In The Arctic Circle
President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region within the Arctic Circle in far northern…
The Euro Is On Track For Its Longest Winning Streak Against The Dollar Since 2013
The euro is on course to climb against the dollar for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday, its longest…
Chauvin And 3 Former Officers Face New Charges Over George Floyd’s Death
Derek Chauvin now faces a charge of second-degree murder in addition to earlier charges, and three other former…
Oil Prices Rise As Saudi Arabia And Russia Reach Deal on Output Cut
Oil prices rose Wednesday as Saudi Arabia and Russia reportedly reached a deal on output cuts while weekly U.S.…
San Francisco Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Drop In Rent Prices
After years of people bemoaning the state of San Francisco, a city stifled by skyrocketing rent prices and overrun…
Trump Administration To bar Chinese Passenger Carriers From Flying To U.S.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United…
Sweden ‘Could Have Done Better’ In Tackling Coronavirus Outbreak,…
Sweden's chief epidemiologist, who advocated a no-lockdown strategy to combat the coronavirus epidemic in the…
Hackers And Hucksters Reinvigorate ‘Anonymous’ Brand Amid Protests
The amorphous internet activist movement known as Anonymous staged an online resurgence in the past week on the…
Netflix, Disney Join Other Big Brands In Support Of George Floyd Protests On…
Hollywood is voicing its support for the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which manifested itself online Tuesday via…
House Prices See Largest Monthly Fall For 11 years, Says Nationwide
House prices fell 1.7% in May from the previous month, the largest monthly fall for 11 years, according to the…
In Leaked Audio, Zuckerberg Expressed ‘Disgust’ With Trump’s…
On Friday afternoon, Facebook made one of its most controversial content moderation decisions in company history.…
EU, UK Leaders To Meet Later This Month To Resume Brexit Talk
The European Union's top executive and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet this month for talks that…
Eight U.S. States Cast Ballots On Biggest Voting Day Since Coronavirus Pandemic
Eight states and the District of Columbia are holding primary elections on Tuesday, the biggest test yet of…
Oil rises to $38 as OPEC+ Discusses Production Cut
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies led by Russia are moving closer to a compromise on…
Qatar Petroleum’s $19 Billion LNG Vessel Order Boon For South Korean…
South Korea’s ailing shipbuilders have been thrown a lifeline in an increasingly tough market with a $19 billion…
WHO Says Coronavirus Isn’t Losing Potency: ‘This Is Still A Killer…
The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders Monday about reports that the coronavirus…
Parisian Cafes Allowed To Open Outdoor Terraces
The Cafe de Flore in Paris, once a favourite drinking hole of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, spread its…
New York City Institutes curfew, Governor Cuomo Calls For Police reforms
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for a national ban on excessive force by police and announced a…
Spain Says No Early Return For UK Tourists
Spain's tourism minister has cast doubt on the prospect of an early return by UK holidaymakers to Spanish beaches.…
George Floyd Died Of Asphyxia, Private Post-Mortem Finds
George Floyd, the African-American man whose death has sparked civil unrest, died from asphyxia (lack of oxygen), a…
Trump’s Push To Regulate Social Media Faces Uphill Battle At FCC
Trump said last week that he wants to “remove or change” a provision of a law that shields social media companies…
Biggest LNG Shipper Signs $20 Billion Deal to Secure More Vessels
Korean firms to build more than 100 ships for Qatar Petroleum. Deal will help world’s biggest LNG producer increase…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Faces Employee Backlash Over Trump Protest Comments
Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act on President Donald Trump’s inflammatory…