Brazil’s Gol values Boeing’s 737 MAX compensation at up to $412 million
Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes said on Wednesday it will receive up to 2.4 billion reais ($412 million) from Boeing Co as compensation for...
Trump to tap ex-Glaxo executive, U.S. general to spearhead coronavirus vaccine effort
President Donald Trump is expected to tap a former GlaxoSmithKline executive and a U.S. general to spearhead the government’s effort at developing a coronavirus vaccine...
Less than zero? Fed’s Powell shows no love for negative rates
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a clear message to interest rate futures traders on Wednesday: Bets the U.S. central bank is headed toward a...
Trump extends U.S. telecom supply chain order aimed at Huawei, ZTE
President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from...
Venezuelan prison director and five soldiers charged in prison massacre case
A prison director and five soldiers will be charged for their role in a massacre in which 47 inmates were shot dead earlier this month,...
U.S. says Cuba is not cooperating fully on counterterrorism
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it had put Cuba back on the list of countries that do not cooperate fully with its efforts to...
In Israel, Pompeo discusses West Bank and coronavirus with Netanyahu
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on Wednesday of the complexities of Israel’s planned de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying after...
Moscow says it ascribed over 60% of coronavirus deaths in April to other causes
The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than 60% of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as...
Twin antibodies may help fight coronavirus; normal speech may spread virus
The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the...
U.S. senators ask Trump spy chief nominee to clarify testimony on torture
Two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee wrote to President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top U.S. intelligence job on Wednesday seeking clarification of...