JULY 19, 2021
Suze Orman - Al Teich / Shutterstock
The U.S. stock market took a gut-wrenching dive on Monday, but the big worry for investors is what still lies ahead.
All three major indexes took a tumble over fears that the delta variant of COVID-19 could threaten the global recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest drop of...
JULY 19, 2021
LISBON, PORTUGAL - APRIL 29: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, listens to the meeting introduction before delivering opening remarks while hosting a debate on key human rights issues in the country at ICS. Bachelet voiced her alarm over the allegations of malware use to spy on journalists and human rights activists. - Horacio...
JULY 19, 2021
People stand at a mobile Covid 19 testing station at the Plaza Hotel in New York, July 11, 2021. - Mathias Wasik/picture-alliance/dpa via AP
As top health officials warn that COVID-19 has become a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," recent figures from states and cities throughout the United States reveal the extent to which the virus is impacting people...
JULY 18, 2021
Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok from the US on national security grounds. Joe Biden has dropped the ban but remain wary. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider
TikTok's ties to China prompted President Donald Trump to try and ban the app in the US.
Some 48% of Americans think...
JULY 17, 2021
Havoc in the new-car market has sent used prices through the roof. David Zalubowski/AP
Prices for used and new cars shot through the roof during the pandemic.
Even older used cars now cost thousands more than they did in February 2020.
The average price paid for a new car hit $42,000 in June, up almost...
JULY 17, 2021
US President Joe Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. - Evan Vucci, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Joe Biden said Thursday his COVID response team is reviewing U.S. travel restrictions that bar visitors from the European Union and could announce changes in the coming days.
Biden's remarks come...
JULY 15, 2021
Travelers arrived at the Miami International Airport last month. - Saul Martinez/NY Times
Even as many Americans celebrate the apparent waning of the pandemic, the thrum of concern over the so-called Delta variant grows steadily louder.
The variant, the most contagious version yet of the coronavirus, accounts for more than half of new infections in the United States, federal...
JULY 15, 2021
Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in association with international sports federations, published Sport-Specific Regulations (SSR) which specifies what happens if an athlete tests positive for Covid-19 once the Games start on July 23.
The SSR, however, leaves a few questions unanswered. For example, will a hockey team be given a silver medal if it is...
JULY 14, 2021
Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks with members of the military as he arrives for a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Friday, September 11, 2020. - Al Drago/TWP
In the waning weeks of Donald Trump’s term, the country’s top military leader repeatedly worried about what the president might do to...
JULY 14, 2021
This aerial image taken from a C-130 transport plane shows a general view of Taiping island during a visit by journalists to the island, in the Spratlys chain in the South China Sea on March 23, 2016. New satellite images show China deploying planes from the islands, demonstrating that they have militarized them. - SAM YEH/AFP via...
