OCTOBER 28, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Tourism Minister Prince Sultan bin Salman speaks during an interview with Reuters in Riyadh. - Reuters/FAISAL AL NASSER
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia is planning an 8 billion riyals ($2.1 billion) boost for its space programme by 2030 under an economic diversification plan that aims to attract foreign investment and create thousands of jobs for young...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Skyscrapers stand in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) beyond an empty parking lot in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Saudi Arabia suffered a simultaneous decline in oil and non-oil revenue as the global pandemic combined with lower energy prices to jolt the kingdom’s public finances.
Saudi Arabia is set to announce...
OCTOBER 28, 2020
A restaurant in New Orleans prepared for the arrival of Zeta by taking down a hanging sign. - Kathleen Flynn/Reuters
Zeta, once again a Category 1 hurricane, was swirling over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward southeastern Louisiana, where it was expected to bring heavy rains and damaging winds to a state that has been repeatedly clobbered...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
The night sky lit up in Michigan on Tuesday. Credit: Mike Austin/YouTubeAustin/YouTube
A 12-million-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 is covered in more than 2,600 organic compounds, according to new research. Meteorites such as this one likely acted as messengers early in Earth's history, delivering the building blocks of life, the researchers said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFcY9rTPx8 Location: Bloomfield...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before lawmakers on 29 July. - Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to tell lawmakers in a rare appearance before Congress that a federal law protecting internet companies is crucial to free expression online.
Wednesday’s hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai will take place less than a week...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Former President Barack Obama at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Orlando on Tuesday. (John Raoux/AP)
During a drive-in campaign rally in Orlando Tuesday, former President Barack Obama skewered President Trump’s complaints about the attention the media devotes to COVID-19 and said his successor was “jealous” of the virus.
“What’s his closing argument? That people...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
A Picture and Its Story: 'Danger was coming': lone protester who defied Thai police. - Reuters/JORGE SILVA
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Head down, arms spread, one man pushes with all his strength against rows of Thai riot police behind their shields.
The Reuters image of the night of Oct. 16, when police tried to use force to disperse protesters, has...
OCTOBER 27, 2020
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner walks back to the West Wing after a television interview at the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. - Alex Brandon, AP
White House adviser and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner came under heavy criticism after he said Monday that Black Americans have to want to help themselves in order...
OCTOBER 26, 2020
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 26: President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a rally during the last full week of campaigning before the presidential election on October 26, 2020 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Trump still trails his opponent Joe Biden in most major polls as Americans prepare to go to the polls to choose their next president on November...
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016. - PAUL J. RICHARDS, AFP via Getty Images
In a podcast released Monday, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said the thought of...
