Text size Packages from Amazon.com Inc. are stacked on the sidewalk in New York, USA, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg With a big boost from accelerated e-commerce adoption amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon. com released second-quarter financial results that dramatically exceeded Wall Street estimates and the …
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Text size David McNew / Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron report earnings on Friday amid a bleak period for energy reserves. Most of the oil and gas names collapsed on Thursday, because the path back to “normal” in recent months is likely to be more complicated than investors initially …
Read More »Missouri police officer who killed Michael Brown faces no charges
The investigation did not exonerate Wilson, Bell said. The shooting of Wilson Brown, a black man, in August 2014 sparked a federal civil rights investigation, protests and a national debate. Protests erupted across the country after a grand jury refused to indict Wilson. “Although this case represents one of the …
Read More »United States Urges Pakistan to Act After Blasphemous Accused American Is Shot in Court
ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to take action for the murder of a US citizen in a crowded courtroom as he faces blasphemy trial. An ambulance carrying the body of a man, who police say was killed by a gunman during a …
Read More »EU sanctions Russian, North Korean and Chinese intelligence companies for suspected cyberattacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and companies in North Korea and China for their alleged involvement in major cyber attacks worldwide. FILE PHOTO: The flags of the European Union wave outside the headquarters of …
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