The world’s biggest party took place at the Education City Stadium in Doha on Tuesday night after Morocco defeated Spain in the FIFA World Cup round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals. More than 44,000 spectators packed into the stadium for the game were overcome with emotion, and euphoria erupted as Moroccan defender Ashraf […] Read more
The Japanese carmaker is working on a variety of fuel-powered vehicles because it believes the fuel has a promising future as a battery-free option in the zero-emissions automobile world of the future. It provides the Mirai in the state, which is the only one with anything like a public refueling network, in addition to the […] Read more
The parent company of Facebook, Meta, threatened to stop allowing news on its platform on Monday if the US Congress approved a measure to make it simpler for news organizations to bargain collectively with firms like Alphabet’s Google and Facebook. According to informed sources, lawmakers are considering including the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act […] Read more
Tuesday night, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to approve a controversial ordinance that would enable police use robots that may use lethal force when necessary. After a contentious debate, the policy that would permit officers to use ground-based robots to kill was approved. According to the ordinance text, this would happen “when […] Read more
The United States will maintain a steady drumbeat of airstrikes in Afghanistan as foreign forces exit the country amid rapid battlefield advances by the Taliban. “The United States has increased airstrikes in the support of Afghan forces over the last several days, and we’re prepared to continue this heightened level of support in the coming […] Read more
The U.S. economy is expected to post another roaring growth spurt in the second quarter, before a slow and steady dose of reality starts to sink in. Gross domestic product is projected to accelerate 9.2% for the April-to-June period, according to a FactSet survey. The Commerce Department will release its first estimate for second-quarter GDP […] Read more
The Biden administration expressed concern Monday after sweeping anti-government protests in Cuba were forcibly dissolved at the direction of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez. Sunday’s protests, the largest the communist island has seen since the 1990s, come amid widespread frustration over a crippled economy and severe food shortages. The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the nation’s health-care […] Read more
LONDON — A thorny issue for many years, France’s pension system is back in the spotlight as President Emmanuel Macron prepares his final grand act before new elections in April. Macron had plans to change France’s pension system, where workers can retire at 62, before the coronavirus pandemic hit. However, he was forced to put his plans on hold […] Read more
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday it’s calling off the $10 billion cloud contract that was the subject of a legal battle involving Amazon and Microsoft. But it’s also announcing a new contract and soliciting proposals from both cloud service providers where both will likely clinch a reward. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, […] Read more
Shares of Didi Chuxing closed up a modest 1% Wednesday afternoon after spiking as much as 28.6% in the Chinese ride-hailing giant’s market debut. The company’s stock began trading at $16.65 per share, up about 19% from the company’s offering price of $14 per share, bringing its market cap to nearly $80 billion. It closed at $14.14 […] Read more
