More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have died from the new coronavirus, as reopenings across the country accelerated and rising infections in Brazil, Peru and Chile placed the Americas firmly at the center of the pandemic.838
The draft executive order would make it easier for federal regulators to hold companies such as Twitter and Facebook liable for curbing users’ speech, for example by suspending their accounts or deleting their posts.
The company’s launch of two NASA astronauts into orbit was canceled because of adverse weather, delaying a new era of corporate-driven space missions. The next attempt is expected Saturday.214
The bloc proposed an $824 billion recovery plan and a $1.2 trillion budget over the next seven years, which, if approved, would deepen its economic union in a way that even the eurozone debt crisis failed to achieve.147
Crowds clashed with Minneapolis police for a second night to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was held down by an officer who put a knee to his neck. Police across the nation condemned the officer’s action.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged on optimism that economic activity is gathering steam and authorities may offer more stimulus to bolster the recovery.
The State Department has officially determined that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that holds implications for the future of economic ties and could lead to sanctions against China.544
Coronavirus: Life & Work
Internet marketplaces have reported an uptick in people flipping clothes as a way to generate extra income and fill the idle hours at home.
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The carrier is among those seeing demand pick up after being decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, but the modest gains won’t be enough to save thousands of industry jobs.
A Canadian judge ruled that the U.S. met a key legal test to seek the extradition of a senior Huawei Technologies executive who has been at the center of a fight between Washington and Beijing over the telecom-equipment maker.
Business & Finance
The roughly 700,000 rental cars that are the lifeblood of Hertz’s business are losing value rapidly, posing a challenge to bondholders’ repayment and to the bankrupt company’s chances of weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apple has nabbed director Martin Scorsese's next film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, according to people familiar with the matter.
Boeing plans to shed more than 13,000 employees, including the first round of compulsory cuts as part of previously announced plans triggered by the coronavirus-driven collapse in global air travel.58
World
The country’s large Chinese community began locking down before the official quarantine began, and it is slower to exit, too.26
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. would stop allowing foreign companies to facilitate Iran’s civil nuclear activities, a core provision of the 2015 international nuclear agreement.12
The House of Representatives postponed a vote on major national security legislation to renew a set of expired domestic surveillance powers after passage appeared uncertain because of a veto threat by President Trump.14
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The coronavirus has erased our summer plans, but a new bikini or one-piece can be an optimistic purchase, even just for socially distanced park hangs.8
“From Russia, with Love,” Ian Fleming’s magnum of espionage kitsch, is a guaranteed escape.
Dr. Thom Mayer dealt with the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon and anthrax bioterrorism. Now he’s the chief doctor guiding NFL players through the pandemic.7
Household chores that require gentle concentration can steer the mind from future or past worries and provide a sense of control.14
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