Elon Musk’s Crew Dragon Puts America Back In The Space Race
When American astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrive at the International Space Station this week, they will…
Spain Tightens Mask Rules For Those Older Than 5
Wearing masks is being made compulsory in Spain both indoors and out in public if social distancing is not…
NBA In Talks With Disney About Resuming Season At ESPN Complex In July
The National Basketball Association is engaged in "exploratory conversations" with its media partner Walt Disney…
Brazil Jumps Into No. 2 In Coronavirus Cases, Behind The U.S
Brazil became the world No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it…
Sudan Recovers $4 Billion of Assets From Ex-President Bashir
Sudan has confiscated assets valued at $4 billion from former President Omar al-Bashir, his family members and…
Spain Readies For Return Of Football And Tourism
Spain will reopen its borders to tourists in July, and its top football division will kick off again in June, the…
Coronavirus: Anti-Lockdown Car Protest In Spain Draws Thousands
Thousands of people in Spain are protesting against the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The…
China Scraps Annual Economic Growth Target For First Time
China will not set an economic growth goal for this year as it deals with the fallout from the coronavirus…
Nigeria: Oil, Gas Revenue Dropped By N425.52bn In Q1 –Minister
The country’s revenue from oil and gas dropped by N425.52bn in the first quarter of 2020 to N940.91bn, Minister of…
Facebook Employees May Face Pay Cut If They Move To Cheaper Areas To Work From…
Mark Zuckerberg says he expects about half of Facebook Inc.’s employees to work from home five to 10 years from…
Coronavirus: Jaguar Seeks State Loan As Pandemic Takes Toll
Jaguar Land Rover (TAMO.NS) is in talks with the British government about a request for temporary state funding of…
Alibaba Sees China Retail Volume Growing Near Pre-Pandemic Levels But Stock Falls…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said that volume on its China retail marketplaces was back to growing at near…
UK To Require Employers To Pay 20-30% Of Furloughed Wage Cost
The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to require employers to cover 20% to 30% of furloughed employees’ wages from…
UK Court Throws Out Nigeria’s $1bn Bribery Case
An English court threw out a $1.1bn case Nigeria brought against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni relating to a dispute…
Nigeria:Lagos State’s IGR More Than The Combined Total Of 26 Other States
Lagos State has retained its place as Nigeria’s economic capital, generating N398.7bn in 2019 alone.
The sum is…
Argentina Defaults On Bond Payments As Debt Talks Heat Up
Argentina missed payments on around $500 million in already delayed bond coupons on Friday, creditors and a ratings…
American Billionaires Got $434 Billion Richer During The Pandemic
America's billionaires saw their fortunes soar by $434 billion during the U.S. lockdown between mid-March and…
U.S. Accuses China Of Blocking U.S. Flights, Demands Action
The U.S. government late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for U.S. airlines to…
Brazil Debt To Hit Record 93.5% Of GDP This Year: Economy Ministry
Brazil’s national indebtedness will soar to record levels this year due to the coronavirus crisis, with gross…
Hertz Stock Plunges 30% After Report Saying Bankruptcy Filing Is Imminent
Shares of Hertz Global Holdings Inc. HTZ, -7.49% fell more than 30% in the extended session Friday after The Wall…
Rental Car Giant Hertz Files For U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc (HTZ.N) filed for bankruptcy protection on…
US To Blacklist 33 More Chinese Firms
The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for…
UK Borrowing At Record High As Virus Cost Soars
Government borrowing surged to £62bn in April, the highest monthly figure on record, after heavy spending to ease…
E.l.f. Beauty Shares Rise After Company Reported Triple-Digit Online Sales Growth
Shares of E.l.f. Beauty surged more than 5% in extended trading Thursday after the cosmetics company said sales…
Alibaba’s Sales Surge As People Shop Online During Lockdown
As people stayed indoors and brick-and-mortar stores remained shut during the health crisis, online orders surged,…
Organizers Cancel 2020 New York Auto Show
Organizers said Friday they were canceling the 2020 New York auto show that had previously been pushed back until…
Osaka Becomes World’s Highest-Earning Female Athlete
Japan’s Naomi Osaka has surpassed Serena Williams as the world’s highest-paid female athlete, raking in $37.4…
South America Is A ‘New Epicenter’ Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, WHO…
The epicenter of the global Covid-19 pandemic has shifted to South America as cases in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo…
Hong Kong Tensions Shocks World Stock Markets, Oil Tumbles
Oil prices tumbled and global equity markets wavered on Friday as China’s move to impose a new security law on Hong…
Unemployment Rose In All 50 U.S. States In April
Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as…