Новости за 24.06.2020

Senior Trump administration officials are meeting to discuss a plan for Israel to annex territory in the occupied West Bank, which has drawn debate among U.S. lawmakers and criticism at the U.N.

The tech giant is temporarily closing seven stores around the Texas city amid concerns about rising coronavirus infections. Apple closed nearly a dozen locations across four states for similar reasons last week.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city could lay off or furlough up to 22,000 employees in the fall as it faces a $9 billion budget shortfall because of the coronavirus.

Even before the pandemic, a New Yorker found solace exploring the waterfront bike paths. Now, her invigorating daily rides are letting her witness the city’s uncrushable spirit—and a lot of Pomeranians.

A Democratic-led committee said it was conducting an investigation of the products sold by data broker Venntel.

A quirk of the IRS tax deadline extension means government interest payments to taxpayers on many refunds started accruing on April 15.

The Trump administration is considering expanding and raising tariffs on $7.5 billion of food imports from the European Union and U.K., part of a long-running dispute that faults European countries for subsidizing aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit accusing drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of paying illegal kickbacks to a charitable foundation to boost sales of its high-selling eye-disease treatment Eylea.

Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, is selling his gym business to a technology executive, weeks after Mr. Glassman said he was retiring as CEO amid backlash over his inflammatory remarks about the killing of George Floyd.

The U.S. has deported to Guatemala more than two dozen migrants who tested positive for the coronavirus after agreeing to establish health protocols to prevent the deportation of infected migrants, a senior Guatemalan official said.

If each of us is defined by a ‘gender identity’ related only arbitrarily to sex, we are all transgender now.

The deal settles tens of thousands of lawsuits with U.S. plaintiffs alleging the company’s Roundup herbicide causes cancer, a milestone in the German company’s legal battle that has been weighing down its share price.

Hashim Thaci cancelled an upcoming trip to the White House for Balkans peace talks on Wednesday after a tribunal in The Hague said it had prepared charges against him for war crimes

Ankara has begun to make the Turkish lira legal tender in parts of Syria it controls, heralding a possible long-term presence.

Black Lives Matter would do well to remind whites that they can be victims, too.

The influential J.D. Power study found complaints about manufacturing quality.

Spinoff from Dell could remove cloud hanging over the software maker.

The effort to make greener plastic bottles—the core of beverage giants’ sustainability quest—has become harder and more expensive in the pandemic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a triumphant parade to celebrate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, sidelining concerns over the potential spread of the coronavirus in an effort to galvanize citizens ahead of a key national vote.

Also this week, Will Ferrell plays a hapless contestant in Netflix’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” and a Victorian-era photographer becomes a reluctant detective in “Dead Still” on Acorn TV.

Food Runners, and other nonprofits, quickly shifted strategy to help those hit by coronavirus disruptions.

Security employees at the online marketplace allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig’s head. The U.S. attorney’s office is investigating whether eBay targeted any other critics with harassment campaigns.

Anheuser-Busch InBev will be on the hook for a lot of free alcohol if a grass-roots initiative to change the name of Ohio’s state capital to Flavortown succeeds.

Recessions have contributed to long-run rise in inequality; undoing this one’s effects will be hard.

Over 80% of the coronavirus-related deaths in Canada have occurred in nursing homes, by far the largest share among major economies that report reliable data.