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Russian Federation boasts coronavirus vaccine 'best in the world' after 'encouraging' trial results

Russian Federation licensed the two-shot jab vaccine for domestic use in August, despite not publishing any data or large scale trials. Some Western experts h...

All You Need To Know About Current Oil Price

Brent crude for November delivery slid 36 cents to close at 44.07 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange, marking the lowest front-month contrac...

BC reports the largest employment increase in Canada last month

Meanwhile in Ontario the unemployment rate is 10.6%. While the economy added 9,900 jobs, the labour force swelled by 11,200. Only Toronto is in between the two ...

Mackenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, becomes world's richest woman

The eye-watering value came as Amazon's stocks soared last Wednesday (26 August) by 2.85 per cent to $3,441.85 (£2,600) per share. Mackenzie Scott, who divo...

US trade deficit soars to $64B, highest in 12 years

Imports for July rose 12.7 per cent to $47.9 billion as imports of motor vehicles and parts increased 50.3 per cent, while exports rose 11.1 per cent to $45.4 b...

Third crew member rescued from ship capsized off Japan

He is only the third person to be found after the Gulf Livestock 1 transmitted a distress signal early Wednesday when it was about 185 kilometers (115 miles) we...

Job market in Canada extends recovery with full-time gains

This is a breaking news update. The more the recovery slows, the longer it will take to recoup the 11.5 million jobs needed to reach pre-pandemic February level...

All-New Hyundai Tucson Teased Ahead Of World Premiere On September 15th

The teaser images shared by Hyundai give us a clearer idea of what the auto will look like. He added: "With there all-new Tucson, we are introducing its ultim...

Stocks drop sharply as tech sector stumbles; Apple down 7.1%

The Nasdaq finished the week down 3.2% and the S&P lost 2.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 580 points at one point during morning trading, while th...

Jobless claims in Washington state remain stubbornly high

On Mornings with Maria Bartiromo , Friday, Moody's Capital Markets Research Chief Economist John Lonski said , "I think it's a good number". After seeing ...

U.S. private sector adds fewer-than-expected jobs in August

The goods-producing sector added 40,000 jobs, while the service-providing sector added 389,000. ADP's figures do not include government workers and frequent...

US Federal Debt To Be Larger Than Economy Size In 2021

By the end of 2020, the amount of debt owed by the US will amount to 98 percent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the highest level since the end of World...

Dow Jones plummets 800 points in worst single-digit day since June

The moves are more muted than the 5 per cent plunge on the tech-heavy Nasdaq overnight, or the S&P 500's 3.5 per cent drop, which traders said was overdue given...

US Factory Activity steps up to 22-month-peak in August

New orders bolstered manufacturing. New orders, which are commonly referred to as the engine that drives manufacturing, climbed 6.1% to 67.6, growing for the ...

ME unemployment claims increase slightly as layoffs continue

The 24-week total of initial jobless claims in OH is 1,644,078, which is more than the combined total during the last four years. The number of people who kee...

USA government deficit set to hit record $3.3 trillion this year

The amount of debt held by the USA government will roughly equal the size of the entire American economy, as the nation's fiscal imbalance surges in response to...

Two New Zealanders onboard ship missing in Japanese region hit by typhoon

NHK reported later the coastguard had spotted a person adrift wearing a life jacket, as well as an object that looked like a lifeboat while searching for the sh...

How major United States stock indexes fared Wednesday

The indexes pared gains briefly before regaining ground in the late afternoon after the Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" report showed a modest increase in activi...

Gold price falls on economic recovery hopes

At 11:15 am, gold futures for October delivery rose 0.52 percent to Rs 51,718 per 10 grams as against the previous close of Rs 51,448 and opening price of Rs ...

FBI Investigating Pilots' Reports of Mysterious Jet Pack Man

The pilot of the American Airlines flight was recorded saying: " We just passed a guy in a jet pack ", as the JetBlue pilot said they saw a "guy passing by ...

US oil production rose to 10.4 million bpd in June

U.S. oil output rose 420,000 barrels per day in June to 10.436 million barrels a day, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a monthly report ...

Get ready for a paycheck boost through end of year

Guidance for companies on President Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral directive is being held up by White House dissatisfaction with the rules drafted by...

ByteDance need China’s approval to sell TikTok

While the notices from the Chinese government don't mention TikTok or its owner ByteDance by name, the new rules could block a sale of TikTok to a US -based c...

United Kingdom accused of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks

The UK will leave the EU's Single Market at the end of 2020 and trade between the two will be conducted under World Trade Organisation terms unless a new trade ...

Japan to participate in World Health Organization coronavirus vaccine programme

He adds the agreements means they will have access to at least 88 million doses of the vaccine and options for millions more. The government originally announ...

Trump alleges Biden controlled by people in ‘dark shadows’

Portland has become a flashpoint for demonstrations against police brutality and racism since the police killing of African-American man George Floyd in Minneap...

Pelsoi, Meadows to talk virus aid, but outlook dim for deal

That plea to restart talks comes as economic experts stress the ended $600 improved unemployment benefits- which Trump momentarily changed with $300 improved ...

Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of fomenting violence and 'poisoning' USA democracy

On Sunday, Biden released a statement condemning the violence in Portland, and accused Mr. Trump of "recklessly encouraging violence". "Rioting is not prote...

Amazon's Prime Air can officially begin drone delivery trials in the US

Amazon will be hoping to revolutionise the retail space with unmanned delivery of goods over the air. Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is clos...

India's Q1 GDP Shrinks a Record 23.9%, Sharpest Fall in 40 Years

Government data released on Monday show that the economy contracted by 23.9 percent from the same period past year. Before this, the United Kingdom had report...

Stocks Trade Mixed, Apple and Tesla Rise After Splits

The NASDAQ Composite tacked on 70.3 points to 11,695.63, a jump of more than 383 points, or 3.39%. Technology stocks were also again helping to pull the mar...

Indian economy likely to see record quarterly slump as pandemic hits

India's economy expanded by 3.1 per cent in the March quarter and dragged FY20 GDP growth to 4.2 per cent, the weakest since the global financial crisis. With e...

United Airlines eliminates change fees in push for bookings

The United CEO acknowledged that airlines facing tough times have often "made hard decisions to survive, sometimes at the expense of customer service". "Instead...

Buffett buys stakes in Japanese trading firms

The investment will help reduce Berkshire's dependence on the USA economy, which in the last quarter contracted the most in at least 73 years as the COVID-19 pa...

Reliance Industries Buys Future Group's Business for Rs 24,713 Crore

Dollar notes sold by Future Retail Ltd. rose 16 cents to 89.1 cents on the dollar, set for the biggest jump since issuance in January, according to Bloomberg-...