The U.S. reported another record one-day spike in new cases on Thursday as outbreaks continue to worsen across the country, particularly in Texas, Florida and California. The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University: Global cases: More than 13.83 million Global deaths: At least 590,600 U.S. cases: More than […]
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Coronavirus live updates: India becomes third country to pass 1 million cases
The debate over face coverings persists around the U.S., with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp doubling down by voiding local and city masking requirements. Major retailers, including Walmart, Best Buy and Apple, are requiring shoppers to wear face coverings. Here are some of today’s biggest developments: The following data was compiled […]
British Airways retires its entire fleet of Boeing 747 jets
A Boeing Co. 747 passenger aircraft, operated by British Airways, takes at Heathrow airport in London, U.K. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images British Airways, currently the largest operator of the Boeing 747, said it would retire its entire fleet of the iconic aircraft earlier than expected due to […]
Twitter says 130 people were targeted in hack that hijacked accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden
NEW DELHI, INDIA – NOVEMBER 12: Twitter CEO and Co Founder, Jack Dorsey addresses students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), on November 12, 2018 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times Twitter said late Thursday that about 130 people were targeted […]
U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day
A healthcare worker places a stretcher inside of an ambulance at the emergency room entrance of Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center as cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spike in Houston, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on […]
European leaders gather for crunch talks on massive coronavirus fund
German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a statement as she arrives for a European Union Council in Brussels on July 17, 2020, the leaders of the European Union hold their first face-to-face summit over a post-virus economic rescue plan. FRANCISCO SECO European leaders are back in Brussels for the first time […]
Stock futures mostly flat as Wall Street tries to recover from Thursday’s drop
Stock futures were mostly little changed early Friday morning following a volatile session that snapped a four-day winning streak for one of the major averages. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dipped just 1 point while S&P 500 futures were also little changed. Nasdaq-100 futures traded in positive territory. During regular […]
TikTok says it has removed 29,000 coronavirus videos in Europe
TikTok logo is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 13, 2019. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images TikTok said late Thursday it has deleted roughly 29,000 coronavirus-related videos in Europe for breaking its […]
Macquarie sees the dollar weakening ahead of U.S. presidential election
Photo by Supoj Buranaprapapong The dollar will see weakness going into the U.S. elections in November, predicted Macquarie’s foreign exchange strategist, who says he is bearish on the currency. “We are quite bearish on the U.S. dollar, not massively so … but we do see scope for broad-based U.S. dollar […]
Meet Gaia X — Europe’s answer to the power of U.S. and Chinese cloud giants
Peter Altmaier (CDU), Federal Minister of Economics and Energy, speaks at the virtual Gaia-X expert forum of the Federal Ministry of Economics. picture alliance The two biggest economies in the European Union hope they have an answer to the domination enjoyed by American and Chinese companies in the cloud computing […]