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The fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by the Chicago police spark protests, a new documentary sheds light on six survivors of the Titanic, and the Methodist church welcomes its first drag queen minister-candidate. Read More [...]
On the most innovative and inventive companies in the pharmaceutical industry, and how things have changed. Read More [...]
Robinhood keeps growing despite its controversies. Read More [...]
"If there ever was a good SPAC deal, it was probably about 300 SPACs ago." Read More [...]
The $39 billion will help ensure families have access to care for their kids. Read More [...]
Yesterday, several hundred Fortune Connect Fellows gathered virtually for their quarterly summit. Read More [...]
U.S. futures are on the move again, following global stocks higher. Read More [...]
Profitability was strong in all areas of its business, but particularly impressive at its core light-vehicles division, where a rising tide of demand lifted results already buoyed by emergency cost cutting undertaken last year. Read More [...]
From Europe to Africa, the U.S. 'pause' on the J&J vaccine has had dramatic fallout. Read More [...]
Mercedes unveils its luxury battery-powered sedan, priced at over $100,000 and likely to reach U.S. showrooms by the end of summer. Read More [...]
The pause on the use of the J&J Covid vaccine may not slow the overall U.S. vaccine rollout, but could make it tougher for some populations to get a shot. [...]
The true number is believed to be significantly higher because of possible government concealment and the many cases overlooked in the outbreak's early stages. [...]
Keith Gill exercised his 500 GameStop call options contracts as they expired on Friday, doubling down on his favorite bet. [...]
Investors should be careful what they wish for because it can sometimes disappoint â but not always right away. Â [...]
Legion Partners, known for working behind the scenes, nominated seven director candidates to Genesco's eight-person board. [...]
The White House said in a new statement Friday afternoon that Biden's "directive today has been the subject of some confusion." [...]
UBS this week issued a comprehensive guide to investing for President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure proposal. [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned people not to use Peloton's Tread+ treadmills with children or pets around, citing dozens of incidents. [...]
Earnings will be the major focus in the week ahead, as investors home in on whether rising costs are squeezing margins and signaling inflationary pressures. [...]
Bessemer workers and union reps described Amazon's anti-union tactics during the union drive in Alabama, which ended with workers soundly rejecting the union. [...]
Share prices for Leviâs and Lululemon are going in opposite directions on shifting fashion trends below the waist. The rebalancing seems excessive. [...]
A massively popular clean-energy index is a prime candidate for distorting its corner of the market. But it doesnât. [...]
The New York-based bank plans to scale up what it sees as a more lucrative endeavor: serving the rising number of wealthy entrepreneurs and their businesses in Asia. [...]
The long-held presumption that working in finance is less a job than an endurance test for a select few has made it difficult to root out some inequities. [...]
Here are major companies whose stocks moved on the weekâs news. [...]
Investors are getting scared off special-purpose acquisition companies, one of the hottest bets on Wall Street, as regulators intensify scrutiny of SPACs and share prices tumble. [...]
U.S. stocks kept moving higher, ending the week with gains, after another volley of blue-chip earnings and more signs of economic growth. [...]
The Treasury Department says Taiwanâs central bank is actively intervening in the foreign-exchange market. [...]
The bank lost $911 million when Archegos Capital Management imploded last month, tarnishing a record-setting quarter. [...]
The cryptocurrency that Tesla chief Elon Musk is fond of tweeting about was created for laughs, serves no purpose and is now worth more than Delta Air Lines and Peloton. [...]
Sunrise at the Peak, Hong Kong, by johnlsl (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
A crackdown on âextremism and radical politicsâ has shut down feminist Douban groups, and in turn rallied Chinese women to declare support for the movement and opposition to the censorship of critical social discussion. The crackdown has targeted adherents of a feminist resistance tactic known… [...]
On Friday, 12 veteran pro-democracy activists were handed jail sentencesâfive of them suspendedâfor their involvement in two protests in 2019. Those sentenced include pro-democracy figures active in the city since Hong Kongâs 1997 handover, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, legal heavyweight Margaret Ng, and Hong… [...]
Sunset at Aberdeen, Hong Kong, by johnlsl (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
In response to the Biden administrationâs diplomatic overtures to Taiwan, the Chinese Peopleâs Liberation Army Air Force made repeated incursions into Taiwanese airspace, raising hackles across both the Strait and the Pacific. The tensions began last week after the State Department relaxed rules limiting official… [...]
Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam is one of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged with subversion under the National Security Law for running in a political primary last year. A former journalist for the BBC and local media outlet Stand News, Ho gained recognition in 2019 after… [...]
After weeks of wall-to-wall advertising, the Hong Kong government celebrated its newly created âNational Security Education Dayâ on Thursday. The New York Timesâ Vivian Wang described how the day unfolded: Teddy bears clad in black police riot gear, on sale for more than $60 apiece.… [...]
Photo-op Mission Complete, by Dickson Phua (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
The term âhistorical nihilismââwhich has long been used to label accounts that challenge Party-approved orthodoxyâis again back in headlines and official crosshairs with the launch of a hotline allowing people to report those spreading unapproved sentiment about history. At Reuters, Cate Cadell covered the latest… [...]
A new investigation has renewed attention about human rights abuses in Xinjiangâs polysilicon industry. Polysilicon is a key ingredient in the manufacturing of solar panels, an industry that is expected to boom in coming years amid growing demand for renewable energy. But as Bloomberg points… [...]
The dominant G-form spike protein 'puts its head up' more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more vulnerable to neutralization. [...]
Research shows that a new telescope could detect a potential signature of life on other planets in as little as 60 hours. [...]
From engineered pandemics to city-toppling cyber attacks to nuclear annihilation, life on Earth could radically change, and soon. [...]
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people don't know is that tarantulas are homebodies. Females and their young rarely leave their burrows and only mature males will… [...]
Faced with the tragic loss of the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico and the often prohibitive cost of satellite missions, astronomers are searching for savvy alternatives to continue answering fundamental questions in physics. [...]
Scientists have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection can greatly assist researchers' understanding of factors that affect disease severity and also suggest possible therapeutic options. The genes in question… [...]
Researchers have found that autism may develop in different regions of the brain in girls than boys and that girls with autism have a larger number of genetic mutations than boys, suggesting that they require a larger 'genetic hit' to develop the disorder. [...]
Volcanologists' ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth's crust. But what happens if the magma can't be spotted? [...]
Results of a new study suggest vaccination against COVID-19 remains crucial even in young adults who were previously infected. [...]
Researchers report the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting the star GJ 740, a red dwarf star situated some 36 light years from Earth. [...]
State TV alleges Reza Karimi fled Iran before the blast, which damaged its Natanz nuclear plant. [...]
Egyptian architects will rebuild the landmark al-Nuri Mosque in the northern Iraqi city. [...]
President Hassan Rouhani says it is responding to Sunday's incident at the Natanz nuclear facility. [...]
An attack on Iran's key nuclear site has just complicated efforts to save the frayed accord. [...]
The Ever Given's insurers call Egypt's claim "extraordinarily large" and "largely unsupported". [...]
A leading doctor describes it as the "only explanation" for cases falling as restrictions are eased. [...]
The chemical weapons watchdog believes a helicopter dropped a cylinder on rebel-held Saraqeb. [...]
Therapy with surrogate sexual partners is used in Israel to rehabilitate badly injured soldiers. [...]
The Middle East foes are engaged in brinkmanship on several fronts. [...]
Iran blames Israel, but was this a cyber-attack or physical act of sabotage? [...]
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- "Well, the CIA would want to destabilize China, and that would be the best way to do it, to foment unrest and join with those Uygurs (in Xinjiang) in pushing the Han C [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Andreas von Brandt, the EU ambassador in Afghanistan, on Saturday urged the Taliban to take the upcoming UN-led conference on Afghanistan seriously and hoped that [...]
SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi militia said they fired an explosive-laden drone on Saturday toward King Khalid Air Base in the Saudi southwestern city of Khamis Mushait. "The hit was accurate," Hou [...]
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): In the aftermath of a violent protest by the radical Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, has [...]
WASHINGTON - Days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and end the United States' longest-running war, military planners, despite having had months to [...]
Karachi [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan has launched a nationwide drive to verify the data of about 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees residing in the country, Anadolu Agency reported citing [...]
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 17 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth feels Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) spinner Rashid Khan is by far the most valuable cricketer in the Indian P [...]
TASHKENT, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan will introduce new restrictions on public events, catering and transport services starting from April 18 amid surging COVID-19 infections, the state news a [...]
TEHRAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his country's "all-out support" for the peace process in Afghanistan, official IRNA news agency reported Saturda [...]
BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SATELLITES UPGRADE China has completed an upgrade of the ground system for [...]
[allAfrica] The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel, including families of diplomats, out of Chad, as armed groups advanced towards the capital N'Djamena. [...]
[Crisis Group] Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament's decision to extend the incumbent president's mandate by two years. External partners should urgently convene - and mediate - talks among the country's bitterly divided elites, to prevent its worst political crisis in years from… [...]
[The Conversation Africa] For several years, political tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been escalating in a conflict over the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD is Africa's largest hydropower plant. It dams the Blue Nile river coming from Ethiopia's highlands just… [...]
[allAfrica] Geneva -- United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO aid workers trying to help locally-besieged civilians and the 65,000 people who are on the run. [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A campaign dubbed #UnmuteTheWorld, has been launched to make internet access a fundamental right and ensure 3.7 billion people are connected virtually. [...]
[Premium Times] It tells the story of a reckless young man, who wakes up to find that no one can recognise him except a local bread seller. [...]
[The Herald] The Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. [...]
[Vanguard] The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said 30,452 Nigerian residents have received shots of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday bringing the number of jabs so far to 1.08 million. [...]
[RFI] New fighting has broken out in Mozambique's northern town of Palma, some three weeks after an attack by hardline Islamist militants killed dozens of people and displaced thousands from their homes. [...]
[State Department] Security Alert: Ordered Departure of Family Members of U.S. Government Employees from U.S. Embassy N'Djamena [...]
A judge at the UN tribunal said Serbia should be reported to the Security Council for failing to comply with requests to arrest two Serbian Radical Party politicians and send them to The Hague to stand trial for contempt of court. [...]
Exposure of the ruling Socialist Party's vast database on the country's voters, apparently drawing on data gathered from state institutions, has caused shockwaves across the country. [...]
As a deadline approaches, under the threat of sanctions, Bosnian Serb politicians have reluctantly agreed to discuss a demand to revoke decorations given to people convicted of war crimes. [...]
Leading media union says the number of lawsuits filed against Croatian journalists and publishers â aimed at censoring or intimidating critics â is still rising and points to 'judicial persecution of the media'. [...]
As Moldova's pro-Western president pushes on with plans to hold early elections, in which she expects her allies to do well, her Socialist opponents are doing their best to block her path. [...]
The Turkish Central Bank has banned payments in cryptocurrencies, as more and more Turks flock to the unregulated crypto market amid a fall in the value of the national currency and a hike in inflation. [...]
A newly discovered species of snail - the symbol of slowness â has been named somewhat ironically by two Montenegrin scientists after that legend of the tennis courts, Novak Djokovic. [...]
Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighter Pjeter Shala will appear in court in The Hague next week after an indictment charging him with committing war crimes against prisoners at a detention centre in Albania was confirmed. [...]
As fears mount of an all-out military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine has reinforced its border with Moldova - and its breakaway pro-Russian region of Transnistria. [...]
Serbs who fought for Moscow-backed militias in the conflict in eastern Ukraine say they are ready to take up arms again as a massive Russian military build-up on the border raises fears of more violence. [...]
