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Paris (AFP) Aug 5, 2020
With oil prices blasted by a double blow of oversupply and demand throttled by the coronavirus crisis, some industry giants are eyeing less polluting investments as bets on a less hydrocarbon-heavy future. The world's top five oil firms - BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Total - reported combined losses of $53 billion for the second quarter in recent days. BP announced it

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 5, 2020
International banks in Hong Kong are caught in the crossfire of competing laws enacted by the United States and China as the superpowers clash over the city's future, with analysts warning businesses are being forced to pick a side. Lawyers working for the lenders have been busy. Their clients have grown increasingly alarmed by two pieces of legislation that came into effect last month that

Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2020
A tie-up of TikTok with Microsoft could extend American dominance of the online and social media world. But it may have some unintended, negative consequences too for US firms and the open internet. The deal being negotiated with the administration of President Donald Trump would carve out parts of the popular video app for Microsoft, which would gain a foothold in the fast-growing, youth-fo

Washington (AFP) Aug 4, 2020
A deal allowing Microsoft to buy social media phenomenon TikTok could be transformative for the US tech giant's efforts to become more consumer-focused - if it can overcome the business and political risks. Microsoft appeared to be in position to acquire the Chinese-owned app which is under national security review, after President Donald Trump said he would approve such a tie-up if comple

Washington (AFP) Aug 4, 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his demand for the US government to get a piece of the action to let Microsoft or any other company here buy popular China-based social media app TikTok. Trump's stance was slammed by critics who said it appears unconstitutional and akin to extortion. "We have all the cards, because without us, you can't come into the United States," Trump said

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 7, 2020
Shares in the parent of Chinese social media giant WeChat tanked in Hong Kong on Friday after Donald Trump signed an executive order banning Americans from doing business with the platform. Tencent plunged as much as 10 percent in morning trade before paring losses and ending down 5.04 percent at HK$527.50, dragging the broader Hang Seng Index down 1.6 percent. The sweeping restrictions

Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2020
At the heart of every white dwarf star - the dense stellar object that remains after a star has burned away its fuel reserve of gases as it nears the end of its life cycle - lies a quantum conundrum: as white dwarfs add mass, they shrink in size, until they become so small and tightly compacted that they cannot sustain themselves, collapsing into a neutron star. This puzzling relationship

Mecca, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Aug 1, 2020
A smaller carbon footprint, less waste and more environmentally friendly - this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, dramatically scaled down due to coronavirus, has opened up the prospect of a "green hajj". In addition to being a logistical and security headache, one of the planet's largest gatherings, which drew some 2.5 million people last year, also typically poses huge environmental challenges.

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2020
Emission-free flight is a central goal of civil aviation. Emission-free air transport could be achieved in the long term by converting hydrogen into electricity. This would enable the environment-friendly electrification of propulsion systems. The German Aerospace Center and MTU Aero Engines are focusing on a fuel cell propulsion system, which they will jointly develop and validate. A Do22

Cairo (AFP) Aug 3, 2020
The African Union mediated a round of talks Monday between ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Addis Ababa's controversial Nile dam project, an Egyptian ministry said. The irrigation ministry said another virtual meeting would be held on Thursday following two days of talks between technical and judicial committees. The US and the EU took part as observers in the latest meeting,

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 06, 2020
NASA and Boeing said Thursday they completed a crucial test of propulsion systems on the Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi, advancing toward a full hot-fire or "green run" of the massive vehicle's engines in October. "We've learned that this rocket is operating very well, as designed," Mark Nappi, Boeing's green run director, told UPI in a phone interview. "There's been ver

Tempe AZ (SPX) Aug 07, 2020
Using some cosmic detective work, a team of researchers has found evidence that tiny pieces of asteroids from the inner solar system may have crossed a gap to the outer solar system, a feat once thought to be unlikely. About 1 million years after the start of the solar system, it is thought that while Jupiter's core formed, it created a gap in the protoplanetary disk (the disk of dense gas

Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 07, 2020
NASA's first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu's surface. Next week, the OSIRIS-REx mission will conduct a second rehearsal of its touchdown sequence, practicing the sample collection activities one last time before touching down on Bennu this fall. On Aug. 11, the mission will perform its "Matchpoint" rehearsal - the second prac

Nine Entertainment, following acquisition of Fairfax Media, owns the three pre-eminent newspapers in Australia – the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Age and the Australian Financial Review. (Murdoch owns everything else, except for Nine’s Canberra Times and Seven West Media’s West Australian.) The Age and the SMH, once markedly different papers because of the varied histories of Victoria and New South Wales, thanks to cost-cutting are now near twins. I thus take the SMH as representative of the ‘best’ of Australian journalism. Читать дальше...

While everyone has been in the mood to slip into loungewear and ride out the lockdown, fashion followers know it's got to be a matched tracksuit, or nothing.

Opposition parties reacted with cynicism to President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of a committee to deal with all allegations of corruption related to Covid-19 procurement.

Missouri will visit defending Southeastern Conference and national champion LSU in its expanded schedule, while Mizzou will host Alabama in league play.

Most credit cards are designed to reward you as you spend, but in a situation where cash flow itself is impacted, you may not be looking for rewards. If you think your situation would be better in about a month or so, a credit card may be a good choice to cover some expenses.

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Yathindra, 40, is a first-time MLA from the Varuna Assembly segment in Mysuru district

Researchers are trying to find out why so many infected people show no symptoms — and their efforts are finally beginning to yield results, raising hope for faster development of vaccines and therapies.

Sandhu said he directed NHAI officials to ensure there is no water accumulation on sites where their projects are currently ongoing

Petroglyph has released the ...