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Taiwanese Chip Company to Build $12 Billion Arizona Plant

Taiwanese Chip Company to Build $12 Billion Arizona Plant

A Taiwan-based company is planning a $12 billion semiconductor factory in the U.S. state of Arizona.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is...

The Scramble to Create COVID-19 Apps

The Scramble to Create COVID-19 Apps

It’s a race against time.As communities start to open, governments are rushing to put together smartphone apps that can be...

Montenegrans Protest Priests’ Detention

Montenegrans Protest Priests’ Detention

Protesters in Montenegro took on the streets again Thursday, a day after police arrested dozens of demonstrators demanding the release...

Turkey’s Erdogan Eases Coronavirus Restrictions Despite Complacency Fears

Turkey’s Erdogan Eases Coronavirus Restrictions Despite Complacency Fears

Turkey is easing COVID-19 restrictions as the government claims success in containing the virus. While infection and death rates are...

In Russia, Rumblings of Discontent Grow as Oligarchs Move to Plug Gaps

In Russia, Rumblings of Discontent Grow as Oligarchs Move to Plug Gaps

Once they scrambled to grab what they could from a disintegrating Soviet state, exploiting the political and economic chaos of...

80-Year-Old Russian Woman Defies COVID Fears to Help Others

80-Year-Old Russian Woman Defies COVID Fears to Help Others

In a world full of bad news on coronavirus, the good deeds of quiet people often go unnoticed. In a...

COVID Deaths Increase in Spain

COVID Deaths Increase in Spain

Spain’s health ministry reported Thursday the country’s daily coronavirus death toll rose above 200 for the first time in five...

Australia Parliament Debunks 5G COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

Australia Parliament Debunks 5G COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

An Australian parliamentary report has debunked a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 to 5G technology. Anti-lockdown protesters in Australia and beyond...

EU: Possible Virus Drug Approval ‘Before The Summer’

EU: Possible Virus Drug Approval ‘Before The Summer’

The European Medicines Agency predicted that there could be licensed drugs to treat the new coronavirus in the next few...

European Markets Sustain Major Losses

European Markets Sustain Major Losses

European markets are all trading lower Thursday amid rising fears that the global economy is still in the grips of...

Australian Parliamentary Committee Debunks 5G COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

Australian Parliamentary Committee Debunks 5G COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

An Australian parliamentary report has debunked a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 to 5G technology. Anti-lockdown protesters in Australia and beyond...

WHO: Coronavirus ‘May Never Go Away’

WHO: Coronavirus ‘May Never Go Away’

As people around the world wonder when the coronavirus might go away, experts say: Maybe never.The World Health Organization warned...

Merkel: ‘Hard Evidence’ of Russian Cyber Attack on German Parliament 

Merkel: ‘Hard Evidence’ of Russian Cyber Attack on German Parliament 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she has “hard evidence” that Russia hacked the website of Germany’s parliament in 2015 and allegedly stole documents from her own...

Robots Reduce Spread of Infection, but Are They Threat to Jobs?

Robots Reduce Spread of Infection, but Are They Threat to Jobs?

Retailers are turning to robots to perform essential tasks that employees are no longer able to do because of social...

Colombia, Netherlands to Probe TikTok’s Management of Children’s Data

Colombia, Netherlands to Probe TikTok’s Management of Children’s Data

Colombia’s commerce regulator will be investigating whether Chinese-owned social media app TikTok complies with laws on the collection and treatment...

EU Announces Plan to Reopen to Domestic Tourism

EU Announces Plan to Reopen to Domestic Tourism

The European Union Wednesday announced its plan to help European citizens salvage their summer vacations and resurrect Europe’s damaged tourism...

People Move Around Less During Lockdown, Tech Giants Say

People Move Around Less During Lockdown, Tech Giants Say

As governments and communities around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google and other tech giants have been tracking...

As Spain’s Death Rate Drops, its Economic Problems Rise

As Spain’s Death Rate Drops, its Economic Problems Rise

Spain – one of the nations hardest hit by the pandemic – is seeing its daily coronavirus death rate drop...

Tech Giants Confirm People Moving Around Less During Lockdown

Tech Giants Confirm People Moving Around Less During Lockdown

As governments and communities around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google and other tech giants have been tracking...

Germany Hopes to Open Borders by Mid-June

Germany Hopes to Open Borders by Mid-June

Germany’s interior minister said Wednesday the country wants to end some COVID-19 checks at land borders by the middle of...

EU Unveils Its Plan to Save Summer Vacations

EU Unveils Its Plan to Save Summer Vacations

The European Union unveiled Wednesday its plan to help citizens across the 27 nations salvage their summer vacations after months...

New Zealand, Thailand Report Zero New Coronavirus Cases

New Zealand, Thailand Report Zero New Coronavirus Cases

New Zealand and Thailand each reported no new coronavirus cases Wednesday as the governments prepared to further ease lockdown restrictions. New...