Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. UPS, + 3.39% It shot up 10.6% to a record in pre-market trade on Thursday, after the parcel delivery giant reported second-quarter earnings with far-above-expected revenue amid rising demand. residential and health care shipments that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Net income increased to …
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President Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to quickly extend an expired moratorium on evictions and pass more coronavirus stimulus controls. “You must work on evictions, so that people are not evicted. You work on payments to people. The rest of us are so far apart that we don’t care. …
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Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Joshua Wong said the decision showed “total contempt for the will of the Hong Kong people” Hong Kong authorities have disqualified 12 pro-democracy candidates from the upcoming elections, deepening political tensions on Chinese soil. Opposition lawmakers hoped to win a majority in the Legislative Council (LegCo) …
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The arrests come as tensions between neighboring countries grow and a gap arises between their two strong leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who were once strong allies. Belarusian law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they had received information about more than 200 militants who arrived …
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The $ 600 weekly federal unemployment benefit will expire on Friday without an agreement between Congress and the Trump administration. “We are not close to a deal,” Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, told reporters Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Republicans want to reduce the pandemic-related benefit …
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