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China passes Hong Kong security law

The Chinese committee, however, is set to adopt the security law within days, reports said. Members of Hong Kong's opposition parties are also unclear if thei...

There's good news and bad news in the Supreme Court's CFPB ruling

Federal law had blocked the president from dismissing its director, who has to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, before that person's five-year term lapses, unle...

Starbucks to pause advertising across social media to help stop hate speech

Facebook shares on Friday closed down more than 8% in response to the Unilever announcement. Facebook depends on companies large and small for generating as m...

Macy’s to Cut 3,900 Corporate, Management Jobs in Restructuring

However, during a reopening of its flagship Manhattan store , Macy's Inc . had told earlier this week that the company would bring bank a majority of its fu...

‘Shamed’ barista gets $83,800 in tips

She tagged the coffee shop in the video and said next time she will "wait for cops and bring a medical exemption" form. Gilles didn't respond to an intervi...

Facebook Stock Plunges After Advertisers Run for the Hills

The coffee chain does not consider the video platform a social media platform per se and they said they're already working with site to ensure appropriate gui...

Over $50,000 raised for barista targeted by anti-mask customer

Most of the comments are in defense of Lenin. When Amber Lynn Gilles expressed her indignation over a Starbucks worker's suggestion that she follow the compan...

Over 10 million coronavirus cases registered worldwide: AFP tally

The worldwide death toll from the disease that first emerged in China six months ago is also nearing 500,000 as fears grow of a full-blown second wave, with the...

More Starke, Marshall County Residents Test Positive for COVID-19

More COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday in Starke and Marshall counties. The Iowa Department of public health is no longer reporting how many cases have been...

OIL back in black on lower taxes

Traffic in London and NY rose steadily in recent weeks although it remained well below pre-Covid-19 levels, TomTom data showed, while in Moscow it was back at l...

India sees highest single-day spike of 19,906 COVID-19 cases

A total of 15,685 people have died from the disease there, including 385 in the 24 hours since the previous update. A total of 3,09,712 patients have been cur...

Walmart Canada Has ‘All Lives Matter’ & ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Shirts Online

Many people feel the All Lives Matter movement undermines the message and work of the Black Lives Matter movement , which aims to shine a light on the mistre...

Huawei given approval for $1.2bn research base in the UK

President Donald Trump. Chinese firm Huawei's plans for a £1bn research centre in the United Kingdom have been approved. And there's the problem on the wo...

Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox

Amazon has acquired self-driving-taxi firm Zoox for more than $1 billion, sources told The Information and The Financial Times . Amazon CEO of global consu...

SoftBank plans to sue EY over Wirecard scandal - Der Spiegel

Shares in Wirecard , which made the list of Germany's top 30 companies in 2018, have plummeted, losing nearly all of their value. New CEO James Freis, a form...

Google to start paying publishers for news

After Australia's competition authority was unable to negotiate a voluntary code of conduct to level the playing field between traditional media companies ...

Almost $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People

Thursday's GAO report said there's "a significant risk" of fraud with the forgivable PPP loan program because it had limited safeguards. As of May 31, the GAO...

Democrats move convention to Wisconsin Center

The convention was scheduled to take place at the Fiserv Forum, the 17,000-seat home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, but it will now be held in the Wisconsin Cent...

ABC To Axe ABC Life, ABC Comedy & Up To 250 Jobs

Mr Anderson said the Federal Government's indexation pause , which cut the ABC's budget by $84m over three years with an ongoing reduction of $41m a year from ...

Govt increases petrol price by Rs25.58

Following the fresh surge, Diesel is now priced at Rs 80.19 per litre and petrol will cost Rs 80.13 per litre in Delhi, taking rates up by Rs 8.87 for petrol an...

Stocks slide on Wall Street as COVID-19 cases surge

The S&P 500 posted five new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 63 new highs and eight new lows. Overnight, the head of the World...

Facebook to embrace remote work in post-pandemic shift

Eventually, Zuckerberg said , as many as half of Facebook's workers could be working remotely. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company p...

Lufthansa stock soars as billionaire OKs bailout

Germany will also have to come up with a restructuring plan for Lufthansa if it has not sold off its stake six years after granting the recapitalisation aid. Bi...

Gold Prices In Indian Market Rise Again, Check Details Here

On Multi Commodity Exchange, gold futures for the August month traded Rs 352 higher at 48,289 per 10 gm, also its day's high against the earlier close of 47,9...

Work from home is Twitter’s new normal forever

The social media site also said staff would be able to go back to the office if they choose when it reopens, as the company looks towards a post-COVID-19 future...

Qantas to cut 6000 jobs due to pandemic

The first is to rightsize our workforce, fleet and capital spending for a world that has less flying for an extended period. The second is restructuring to deli...

Another 1.5 million USA workers file for unemployment insurance

Economists at the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday predicted a much slower recovery than previously forecast, expecting economic growth in the USA will ...

Amazon Announces $2 Billion Fund To Invest In Climate Change Mitigation

The dedicated fund will build on Amazon's previous investment in a number of clean tech ventures, including electric truck specialist Rivian , which is in th...

In June 2020 forecast, International Monetary Fund gloomier about global economy

The IMF views the current recession as the worst since the 1930s Great Depression, which saw global GDP shrink 10 per cent, but Ms Gopinath has said that the $1...

Wirecard: Scandal-hit firm files for insolvency

In the absence of an agreement with the lenders, there was a likelihood of termination and expiry of loans with a volume of Euro 800 million on June 30, 2020, a...

Hell Freezes Over As Dodge Tops J.D. Power’s Initial Quality Study

Dodge is the first domestic brand in the study's history to rank highest. The overall performance of its parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , ranks bett...

Brazil suspends WhatsApp digital payments

While a WhatsApp spokesperson said: "Our goal is to provide digital payments to all WhatsApp users in Brazil using an open model and we will continue to work ...

Petrol price hiked 16 paise per litre, diesel by 14 paise

The freeze in rates was imposed in mid-March soon after the government hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel to shore up additional finances. However, diesel...

Gen 2021 Kia Carnival Revealed Officially With Upgraded Design

No official spec details have been reveal yet, although we expect the new Carnival to be powered by the same 206kW/336Nm 3.3-litre V6 petrol engine and 147kW/44...

Dow ends 2.7% lower as increased coronavirus cases slow U.S. recovery

Traders also hammered casino operators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 710 points, a 2.72 percent decline, to 25445.94. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index jum...