Trump says until Russia adheres to Open Skies treaty ‘we will pull out’
U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention on Thursday to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the...
How big unions smooth the way for Amazon worker protests
Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility. So did workers in New York, Illinois and...
UK confident COVID-19 tracking system will be place before lockdown eased
Health secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was confident that a COVID-19 track and trace system would be operating by June 1, allowing lockdown...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg embraces more permanent remote work
Facebook Inc will shift toward more permanently embracing remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a publicly broadcast...
U.S. labor market struggles as layoffs spread despite businesses reopening
Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, more than two months after a shutdown of the country to deal with the coronavirus crisis,...
France’s coronavirus death rate, new cases slow
The growth rate of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in France slowed slightly on Thursday, with health authorities reporting an additional 318 known infections, an increase...
Factbox: New top U.S. spy Ratcliffe known for fierce loyalty to Trump
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence on Thursday over Democratic objections, the second time President Donald Trump...
Americans splurge at Walmart, Target as stimulus checks kick in
The Trump Administration’s coronavirus relief payment provided a fillip to sales of major retailers in April as millions of Americans used the money to buy...
U.S. CDC reports 1,551,095 coronavirus cases, 93,061 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 1,551,095 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 22,860 cases from its...
Yearly lockdown would be good for planet, says Tsitsipas
The coronavirus pandemic has stalled young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas’s burgeoning career but he remains philosophical about the current tennis shutdown....