APRIL 16, 2020
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony inaugurating the "Power of Siberia" pipeline via a video link in Sochi on December 2, 2019. The two countries launched a giant gas pipeline linking the countries for the first time, one of three major projects aimed at cementing Moscow's...
APRIL 16, 2020
Many Americans woke up Wednesday expecting to find a payment of $1,200 or more from the U.S. government in their bank account, but instead they realized nothing had arrived yet — or the wrong amount was deposited. Parents of young children complained they did not receive the promised $500 check for their dependent children.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven...
APRIL 16, 2020
Streets are seen empty due to COVID-19 pandemic in New York City on April 12.
NEW YORK — Seven Northeastern states on Thursday extended a shutdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic until May 15, even as President Donald Trump prepared to detail his plan to end the lockdown in the least-affected U.S. states as early as May 1.
Governor...
APRIL 16, 2020
A record 22 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits over the past month, with millions more filing claims last week, underscoring the deepening economic slump caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Thursday's weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department followed dismal data on Wednesday showing a record drop in retail sales in March and the biggest decline...
APRIL 15, 2020
Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the nearest grocery store.
She is nine months pregnant and has four children to feed, but at the bottom of the steps community leaders of a dominant caste force her to go back empty-handed.
Since India went into...
APRIL 15, 2020
Radiological Society of North America A comparison of an astronaut's brain before (left) and after long-term spaceflight shows the expansion of brain volume.
Researchers have identified previously unknown changes in the brains of astronauts on long-duration spaceflight missions, according to a new study.
These long-term spaceflight missions on the International Space Station provide many ways to understand how...
APRIL 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vice President Mike Pence looked uncomfortable. President Donald Trump had just announced his power was “total,” that the president has “the ultimate authority” over the states at Monday’s White House coronavirus task force briefing. Pence was asked whether he agreed. The vice president shifted uncomfortably, looked straight ahead and dutifully delivered his talking points. ...
APRIL 15, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle relocated from Vancouver Island to Los Angeles late last month
Prince Harry is finding his new life “a bit challenging” after relocating to North America, according to his friend, famed conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall.
The primatologist and anthropologist, 88, shared that she has “been in touch” with Harry, 35, since he stepped down his...
APRIL 15, 2020
A bottle of Prasco Laboratories Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate is arranged for a photograph in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
Hydroxychloroquine, the 65-year-old malaria drug that President Donald Trump has praised, appeared not to help patients get rid of the pathogen in a small study.
The pill didn’t help patients clear the virus better...
APRIL 15, 2020
MIAMI - The FBI building that was allegedly one of the targets of a group of seven individuals, who were arrested yesterday, is seen June 23, 2006 in Miami, Florida. According to reports, the suspected terror group also wanted to target the Sears tower in Chicago. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
As US companies face record...
