Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that he could impose tariffs of more than 200% on vehicles imported from Mexico., by stating that his objective would be to prevent the sale of automobiles from Mexico to the United States. “All I’m doing is saying ‘I’ll put in 200 or 500, I don’t care.’. ...
SpaceX received approval from US air safety regulators to launch the fifth major test flight of its massive Starship rocket, a critical mission that will see the booster portion return from space and attempt to land upright. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses rocket launches and reentry, granted approval in an order Saturday. Now that ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday announced a 1.4 billion euro ($1.53 billion) military aid package for Ukraine until the end of 2024. and told President Volodymyr Zelensky that it is a signal to Russia that the West will not stop supporting kyiv. The aid will be provided jointly with partner countries Belgium, Denmark and ...
The United States is three weeks away from an election that commentators have called “totally unpredictable,” and there is no clarity for anyone. With Joe Biden, everything seemed to point to Donald Trump’s return to the White House; However, with Kamala Harris, that scenario has a 50% chance of happening and a 50% chance of ...
The European Commission’s endorsement of the G20 proposal to create a global 2% tax for large fortunes with assets exceeding US$1 billion has generated a heated debate in the European Parliament. The measure was praised this Wednesday by the vice president of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, during his speech in the chamber. Schimas said ...
Many hurricanes slowly gain strength as they move across the open ocean, but a series of recent hurricanes have grown from tropical storms with astonishing speed. In just one day, Hurricane Milton went from being a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane (the highest threshold), with winds that doubled their speed until reaching 257 ...
Stock futures pointed to a slightly softer opening for Wall Street as traders awaited inflation data that They could show whether the Federal Reserve will opt for a slower pace of interest rate cuts. S&P 500 contracts fell 0.2% after the index hit a record high on Wednesday. Ten-year Treasury yields held above 4%, near ...
Two Google DeepMind scientists shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with an American professor for their revolutionary research on proteins. Half of the award, worth 11 million crowns (US$1.1 million)will be divided between DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, a research scientist at the company, a unit of Alphabet’s Google, the Royal ...
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, told the Armed Forces this Monday to militarize the border with Peru to prevent essential products from being smuggled out of Bolivian territory. in the face of the economic crisis that the country is experiencing due to the high prices of various foods, lack of dollar liquidity and fuel ...
Russia’s crude oil shipments hit their highest level in three months, with more oil available for export after the country’s refineries began seasonal maintenance.The four-week average of shipments increased by about 60,000 barrels per day in the week to October 6, reaching the highest level since early July. Russian oil processing through most of September ...
