WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (Reuters) – The United States’ trade deficit widened in May when the COVID-19 pandemic brought exports to their lowest level since 2009, strengthening expectations that the economy will contract in the second quarter to its strongest pace since the Great Depression. The Commerce Department said Thursday that …
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Saudi Arabian citizens entered stores after coronavirus blockade restrictions were lifted in June, hoping to save money on non-perishable goods, from food and clothing to electronics and cars, before the kingdom triples your value added tax or VAT. Riyadh announced the levy, which increased from 5% to 15% on July …
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The Supreme Court announced Thursday that judges will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s defiance of the House Judiciary Committee’s attempt to access the secret materials of the grand jury of the Robert Mueller investigation in Russia. This is a major setback for the Democratic-led committee, which has been trying …
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July 2, 2020 Editor’s Note: Part of our Covid-19 coverage is free to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, see our hub yesORIENTAL DE Y OXFORD Ring road, some distance from the famous spiers, is a collection of glass office buildings …
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Enlarge / / LIGO mirrors are a bit large for experiencing quantum effects. Quantum effects are generally considered small and fragile. Usually we can only detect them when things are small and remain close to absolute zero, and are flooded by non-quantum effects outside of those conditions. Mainly. In the …
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