Category Archives: World
US service sector contracts for second month in May
WASHINGTON - The U.S. services sector shrank for a second month in May as the coronavirus pandemic triggered shutdowns and layoffs around the country. Activity did rise from levels last month that had...
Jun 03, 2020
Survey: Businesses cut 2.76 million jobs in May
BALTIMORE - U.S. businesses shed 2.76 million jobs in May as the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak stretched into a third month. The payroll company ADP reported Wednesday that businesses ...
Jun 03, 2020
High-speed Spanish passenger train hits car on track; 2 dead
MADRID - Two people were killed when a high-speed passenger train with more than 150 people on board hit a car on the tracks in northwest Spain on Tuesday. Emergency services said the locomotive derai...
Jun 02, 2020
Police: Video shows man killed in Kentucky fired a gun
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Video shows that a popular barbecue shack operator fatally shot while police and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew in Louisville fired a gun as officers approached his ...
Jun 02, 2020
Embracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrine
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump toured a Catholic shrine on Tuesday in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd ...
Jun 02, 2020
With Italy at risk, Europe Central Bank could boost stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank could soon expand its anti-pandemic stimulus program to more than a trillion euros, giving it more firepower to keep the virus crisis from sliding into a new fina...
Jun 02, 2020
Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy. NASA astronaut...
Jun 02, 2020
6 Atlanta officers charged after students pulled from car
ATLANTA - Six Atlanta police officers have been charged over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident involving two college students, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Fulton County District A...
Jun 02, 2020
Judge gives control of Joe Exotic's zoo to Carole Baskin
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. - A federal judge in Oklahoma has awarded ownership of the zoo made famous in Netflix's "Tiger King" docuseries to Joe Exotic's chief rival. In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Sc...
Jun 02, 2020
Indian metropolis of Mumbai braces for rare cyclone
NEW DELHI - A cyclone in the Arabian Sea was barrelling toward India's business capital Mumbai on Tuesday, threatening to deliver high winds and flooding to an area already struggling with the nation'...
Jun 02, 2020