Oil prices mixed as Brent retreats on profit-taking after rally
Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday, with Brent pulling back from an early gain on profit-taking, while U.S. crude extended its rally amid signs that...
Australia’s coronavirus death toll reaches 100
Australia’s death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 100 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally of official data, a fatality rate much lower than...
White House panel: Build new tech infrastructure for future jobs
A White House advisory panel on Tuesday will call for the government and private industry to work together to build new technological infrastructure to support...
Financial gain trumps espionage as top motivator in cyber attacks: report
Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon’s annual report on cyber crimes published on Tuesday....
Asia shares, oil rally on vaccine hopes, euro at two-week highs
Asian shares jumped on Tuesday and oil extended gains on optimism the global economy would recover quickly following a successful early-stage trial of a coronavirus...
Electric car sales to fall, but not as much as other vehicles: research
Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF...
Coronavirus live news: White House confirms Trump taking hydroxychloroquine as US deaths pass 90,000 – The Guardian
Coronavirus live news: White House confirms Trump taking hydroxychloroquine as US deaths pass 90,000 The Guardian Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine though health experts question...
U.S.-China Feud Over Coronavirus Erupts at World Health Assembly – The New York Times
U.S.-China Feud Over Coronavirus Erupts at World Health Assembly The New York Times Xi: China’s Virus Vaccine Will Be ‘Global Public Good’ When Available Bloomberg Politics China...
Nicaragua reports more pneumonia deaths, some tied to COVID-19
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday that 309 people have died of pneumonia since January in the Central American country, 87 more people than...
Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, to weigh U.S. membership
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within...