Citizens walk at the pedestrian zone in Guetersloh, western Germany. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Germany and Spain have both recorded their highest respective daily coronavirus infection rate since April, with other countries in the region also reporting a sharp rise in new cases. Several European countries have imposed travel restrictions, social-distancing measures
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump urged universities to continue reopening their campuses on Wednesday, even as some institutions
An airplane of Mahan Air sits at the tarmac after landing at Sanaa International Airport in the Yemeni capital on March 1, 2015. Mohammad Huwais | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Trump administration slapped fresh sanctions on two United Arab Emirates-based companies for providing material support to Iran’s largest airline, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce on March 18, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Quinn Rooney | Getty Images Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked on comments he made saying that he planned to make coronavirus vaccinations as mandatory as possible. “Can I be really clear to everyone? It’s not going
A plume of smoke rises from the Ranch 2 Fire on August 15, 2020 as seen from Azusa, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday to ensure the states receive vital resources amid wildfires that have exacerbated a stifling heat wave. At least 27 fires are raging
GM CEO and chairman Mary Barra speaks during an “EV Day” on March 4, 2020 at the company’s tech and design campus in Warren, Mich., a suburb of Detroit GM Pressure is mounting from Wall Street for General Motors to spin off its electric vehicle business to better position the operations against Tesla and a
Customers wearing face masks shop at a Walmart on July 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Sha Hanting | China News Service via Getty Images Walmart is set to report its fiscal second quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic shakes up consumer shopping patterns. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on average
New cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. have remained stubbornly high in recent days, with the country averaging more than 51,100 new cases per day over the past seven days. Universities and schools have already begun reopening, many against a backdrop of significant community spread. Other countries, such as New Zealand, that saw early
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that gyms across the state, which have remained closed for about five months, can resume indoor operations with some new precautions as soon as next week. Cuomo said gyms will be allowed to resume operations at 33% capacity as soon as Aug. 24. He added that gyms must
An employee at work at the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry that produces a COVID-19 vaccine. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | TASS | Getty Images The head of Russia’s vaccine-development body has claimed that Western research institutions are seeking to “lure” away its scientists to work for them. Alexander
Scooter drivers in Ho Chi Minh City on November 01, 2016. Thomas Koehler | Photothek | Getty Images Southeast Asia potentially will face more severe consequences of climate change than other parts of the world, according to the business and economic research arm of consulting firm McKinsey. Climate change is a critical challenge that Southeast
United Flight Attendant Jennifer Ritter. Source: Jennifer Ritter The coronavirus pandemic has been so devastating to the airline industry that even flight attendants with decades of experience have been told that their jobs are at risk. Jennifer Ritter is one of them. “I can’t see myself doing anything else,” said Ritter, 50, who joined United Airlines as
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified on Friday that people who are infected with the coronavirus are not immune
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers spoke with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Saturday morning in an effort to advance stalled discussions on the coronavirus economic stimulus package, a person at the meeting told NBC News. Seven members of the bipartisan “Problem Solvers Caucus,” who have previously met twice to try to
Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, listens during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing on coronavirus relief aid and “Implementation of title I of the CARES Act.”, in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2020. Al Drago | Reuters Utah Sen. Mitt Romney criticized the Trump administration’s early response to the coronavirus outbreak on Friday, saying
Negotiations around the next round of coronavirus aid looks likely to drag on, potentially for weeks, after Democrats and Republicans described themselves as hopelessly far apart on a deal. The Senate wrapped up its session on Thursday and will not return this month unless negotiators strike an agreement. The country reported an additional 51,443 new cases of the
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., Friday on CNBC hinted that there could be illegal activity behind the Trump administration’s backing of a number of pharmaceutical companies’ Covid-19 vaccine developments. “We see some things that indicate that there may be some insider stuff going on that’s benefiting one or two people without regard to what we’re really
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, June 10, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the state will allow museums, aquariums and other cultural
The U.S.-China trade deal is more than just about buying more American goods, said a former top White House trade negotiator on Friday. “There is a whole structural side to this deal and on the structural components, whether it comes to intellectual property, financial services, market access and having China change some of its laws on agriculture, China is
The global health crisis has sped up the adoption of digital payments and the industry is now more important than it ever was, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman told CNBC’s Jim Cramer Thursday. “What I think what’s happened is the world has accelerated from physical to digital across almost every industry,” he said in a “Mad