Новости за 02.06.2020

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, addressing employees Tuesday, defended his decision to preserve posts on the platform by President Trump despite mounting outrage from insiders and civil rights activists that one of his messages last week was tantamount to a call for violence.

During a week of protests, apparel brands took to social media to condemn racism, though some thought their sentiments didn’t go far enough.

U.S. allies expressed solidarity with Americans protesting the death of George Floyd in police custody, while rivals seized on violent clashes to criticize official U.S. responses to the unrest and question Washington’s global leadership.

Beijing is calling attention to unrest in the U.S., the police response and President Trump’s call for a tougher crackdown on protesters to highlight what it regards as American hypocrisy.

Iran is rolling back coronavirus restrictions as it attempts to revive its battered economy, despite a surge in new infections that has driven daily cases back toward the country’s peak in late March.

Governments use Covid as an excuse to meddle in a competitive market.

The Trump administration is taking the initial step to prepare tariffs against a range of trading partners unless they back off proposals to impose taxes that would fall heavily on the major American internet companies.

Hold officers accountable who use excessive force. But there’s no evidence of widespread racial bias.

President Trump should announce an investigation into the assets of Chinese Communist officials.

A number of foreign-run Facebook pages appear to be spreading misleading—and widely viewed—videos about the protests in the U.S. using the platform’s live-video features.

Analysts are now anticipating a potential “hard market” for insurance industry pricing, with rates on reinsurance possibly rising at the fastest pace since just after 9/11.

The Trump administration Tuesday tightened its web of sanctions around the Maduro regime in Venezuela, blacklisting four companies allegedly involved in the country’s oil sector.

BYD, a Chinese electric-car maker turned mask producer, said it had secured a second reprieve on a troubled $1 billion deal to sell N95 masks to the state of California after missing a Sunday deadline

For Campbell, the coronavirus pandemic has accomplished what years of corporate strategy could not: get customers back to stocking their pantries with the company’s iconic red-and-white cans of soup.

President Trump’s economic team wants to encourage the public to return to work and resume normal life, including going to restaurants and taking vacations, in its proposals for the next coronavirus relief package.

The tech giant sees Teams, its group conferencing and collaboration software, as critical to its future. Some rivals say Microsoft has deployed sharp-elbowed business tactics to get in front.

The tech giant sees Teams, its group conferencing and collaboration software, as critical to its future. Its competition includes Zoom and Slack, and some rivals say Microsoft has deployed sharp-elbowed business tactics to get in front.

The British pound rose to its highest level against the U.S. dollar in a month as investors grew more optimistic about trade negotiations between the U.K. and the European Union.

The world’s low-income and emerging market economies will likely remain deeply damaged even five years after the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns began, according to a new study from the World Bank.

Crude prices continued a recent rebound as analysts anticipate that oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia will extend supply curbs in response to the energy industry’s crisis.

A new advertisement for the road to nowhere from Booking’s Kayak shows just how low the travel industry is flying amid the coronavirus.

A linguistics expert who grew up in Morocco with a love of U.S. westerns takes his family for spins on his Ural cT in the Arizona desert.

Spurred by promising early findings, researchers are investigating whether drugs currently approved to treat heart disease can also prevent or reduce complications from Covid-19 and help hospitalized patients recover sooner.

China is dabbling with Western-style unconventional monetary policy, as it seeks to shore up small businesses and the labor market without fueling market bubbles.

The rise of designer pouchlettes to keep pairs of wireless headphones intact—and protected. Six examples of the most luxurious options out there