File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2016 shows Hunter Mitchell, nine-year-old South African conservationist taking the rhino for a walk, in Cape Town, South Africa. /Xinhua South Africa has seen a s
Firefighters battle a blaze from the air that was threatening homes in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 21, 2019. /Reuters A fast-moving brush fire bre
American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and p
Like many industries with a high concentration of wealth — and the careers that help professionals accumulate it — investment firms have a severe dearth of diversity in their ranks.Regardless of wheth
Twitter has confirmed it has permanently banned the account of David Duke, former leader of white supremacist hate group the Ku Klux Klan.Duke had operated freely on its platform for years — am
"Beijing!" The city's name was called at an IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015 to become the host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Five years on, Beijing, the first city to host both summe
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The U.S. economy saw the sharpest contraction in decades between April and June as the country grappled with the fallout of COVID-19 lockdowns, indicating the depth and severity of the pandemic-indu
The U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the April-June quarter — by far the worst quarterly plunge ever — when the viral outbreak shut down businesse
The U.S. suffered its biggest economic decline since the government began recording the index after World War Ⅱ in the second quarter of 2020 as the novel coronavirus continues to ravage the econo
For the last two weeks, I’ve been flying around the world in a preview of Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator. Without a doubt, it’s the most beautiful flight simulator yet, and itR
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record-low level of near zero amid a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases nationwid
Chinese respiratory specialist Zhong Nanshan has called for extensive nucleic acid screenings in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), where daily report
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Investment app eToro is to launch a debit card, following its acquisition of Marq Millions Ltd, the UK based e-money business. Marq Millions will now trade as eToro Money and will be the issuer for eT
As part of its continued preparations to begin its commercial passenger spaceflight operations, Virgin Galactic has revealed the final design the interior cabin of its VSS Unity spacecraft. The compan