The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project … Click to Continue »
China's ambassador to London said on Thursday that the United States was trying to trigger a new Cold War with Beijing because it was searching for a scapegoat ahead of the US presidential election in November. “It is not China [that has] become assertive. It's the other side of the Pacific Ocean who want to...
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said that he wanted to avoid another lockdown in Poland, adding that Warsaw will use new methods to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The government would analyze the situation and would make decisions on action in the second half of August, Reuters quoted Morawiecki as saying. Poland reported its...
The government is poised Thursday to deliver a double-dose of sobering news — on the devastation the coronavirus caused the U.S. economy last quarter and the damage it continues to … Click to Continue »
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the euro area inched higher in June, reaching 7.8 percent, as Covid-19 containment measures started being phased out in most EU member states. That's worse than the 7.7 percent rate which had been expected by EU statistical office Eurostat. According to its data, the unemployment rate across the European...
Tropical Storm Isaias battered Puerto Rico on Thursday as it continued on a track toward the U.S. mainland, unleashing small landslides and causing widespread flooding and power outages on an … Click to Continue »
UPS is reporting a profit of $1.77 billion with the pandemic fueling a 21% surge in daily shipping volume, the largest quarterly increase ever recorded by the company. The daily … Click to Continue »
