U.S. Stocks Close Higher as Earnings Season Continues
U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday as more second-quarter earnings reports boosted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 109.28 points, or 0.31...
U.S. Biotech Company to Lay Off Nearly One Third of American Staff
U.S. biotech company FibroGen will lay off 104 workers, nearly a third of its U.S. employees, the company announced on Wednesday. FibroGen, which is...
U.S. Economist Declines Top EU Antitrust Job Offer After Backlash
American economist Fiona Scott Morton has withdrawn from her appointment as the European Commission’s chief competition economist, the Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager...
Iran Determined to Take Legal Action Against U.S. For Top Commander’s Assassination
Iran is determined to pursue legal action against the U.S. in international courts for its “great crime” of assassinating top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani,...
Chinese Mainland Firmly Opposes Lai Ching-Te’s “Transit” Trip to U.S.
A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday expressed firm opposition to Lai Ching-te’s act of seeking “Taiwan independence” by soliciting U.S. support under the pretext of...
Black Americans Flee U.S. For Safety: USA Today
A 2020 Gallup poll found that 40 percent of Black Americans do not feel safe in their community at night, compared to 16 percent...
U.S. Texas Treatment of Migrants From South “Inhumane”
Texas has stepped up efforts in recent weeks to physically bar migrants from entering the country through his Operation Lone Star, and the most...
Baby Girl Accidentally Shot, Killed by Sibling Kid in U.S. California
A one-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed Monday by her three-year-old sibling, who had gained access to an unsecured handgun, ABC News has...
U.S. Military Says Soldier Crosses Into DPRK “Willfully and Without Authorization”
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that a U.S. soldier crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...
China-U.S. Economic, Trade Ties as Inseparable as “Threads and Needles”: Chinese Diplomat
The economic and trade ties between China and the United States connect both sides of the Pacific and are as inseparable as “threads and...