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Iran’s navy on Sunday announced that 19 sailors were killed and 15 wounded after a missile struck a support craft during a training exercise. The ship, which usually carries a crew of 20 sailors, was placing targets in the ocean for other ships to use during the exercise, held in the Straits of Hormuz. Iranian …
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Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) is introducing a bill to remove the United States from the World Trade Organization, saying that the intergovernmental group “enabled the rise of China” at the expense of American industry. “The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep, long-standing flaws in our global economic system that demand reform. International organizations like the …
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China’s ambassador to the United Nations revealed Wednesday that Beijing will block international investigators from examining the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus until “final victory” over the pandemic has been achieved. “The top priority, for the time being, is to focus on the fight against the pandemic until we win the final victory,” Chen Xu …
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Disney’s earnings dived in the second quarter, including a 58 percent drop in operating incomes tied to its shuttered theme parks and cruise ships, the Mouse House said on Tuesday. The Burbank, Calif. company said that coronavirus pandemic closures, which has also delayed its summer blockbusters, have squeezed its second-quarter earnings to 60 cents a …
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that two U.S. citizens have been arrested among a group of “mercenaries” who launched a failed raid attempting to capture and oust the socialist leader. During a nationwide broadcast on state television, Maduro held up two American passports and read the names and birth dates of the two “professional …
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Wall Street is bracing for the worst when Disney reports second-quarter results on Tuesday afternoon. The Mouse House has taken a particularly hard hit during the pandemic with the majority of its business — theme parks, vacation resorts, movie production, cruises, live sporting events — being ground to a halt. Wall Street analysts are anticipating …
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The happiest place on Earth may have an easier time reopening than the most magical place on Earth after the coronavirus pandemic ends. One analyst is suggesting that when the two Disney theme parks in America eventually reopen, they will be facing different challenges based largely on their guests’ state of origin — and Disney …
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called allegations that China cost the world valuable time by covering up the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus a “distraction” in an interview Sunday, adding that “China did a lot of things right at the beginning.” Speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, Gates pushed back on criticism of Beijing’s initial …
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Not so fast? Joe Mazzello — who as a child played Tim Murphy in “Jurassic Park” — isn’t set to revisit the role, despite Chris Pratt saying in February that the original cast is slated to return for “Jurassic World 3.” Pratt, who stars as Owen Grady in the recent “Jurassic World” series, said the …
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South Korea is confident that “there is nothing unusual” about the situation in North Korea, following reports that its leader Kim Jong-un is dead or gravely ill, a senior South Korean official said Sunday. “Our government has enough information-gathering capabilities to say confidently that there is nothing unusual” about Kim’s status, Kim Yeon-chul, South Korea’s …
Iran’s navy on Sunday announced that 19 sailors were killed and 15 wounded after a missile struck a support craft during a training exercise. The ship, which usually carries a crew of 20 sailors, was placing targets in the ocean for other ships to use during the exercise, held in the Straits of Hormuz. Iranian …
