Новости за 29.08.2020

Because of the pandemic, many teachers spent the summer learning how to reach students as schools reopen virtually.

Traffic at Heathrow’s once-teeming terminals is down to a trickle, leaving the London airport’s retail establishments largely closed. Like many airports around the world, the drop in sales has a major impact on its business.

Tens of thousands of people occupied the center of the German capital for the second time in a month to protest pandemic restrictions in defiance of governments that are battling a resurgence of infections.

The long rule of Alexander Lukashenko has left his country economically depleted and reliant on Russia, largely trapped in its Soviet-era past and likely bound to Moscow for many years to come.

What’s the secret to building a more affordable electric vehicle? JB Straubel has an answer. It starts with a pile of old cellphones.

China announced new restrictions on artificial-intelligence technology exports that could further complicate the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, while intensifying the tech battle between the world’s two largest economies.

Recent oil spills in Russia and Mauritius have shown that the industry needs better ways to clean up accidents. Researchers are working on solutions: oil-absorbing wood chips, a solar-powered robot and a reusable sponge.

When it comes to wearing pearls, the world is your oyster. Six new dazzling looks to try.

Redemptions of digital coupons in the U.S. have surpassed redemptions of paper coupons for the first time as more people shop online.

Across the U.S. are numerous historic houses, rich with the styles and stories of the past, that can be easily explored online.

New Securities and Exchange Commission forms meant to simplify disclosures by investment firms often contradict longer filings on the SEC website, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

A Colorado mountain biker has tried everything from setting Strava records to an isolated 485-mile ride with his wife from Denver to Durango.

The back-office software company would fetch roughly $4.7 billion, including debt, from a group led by private-equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice.

With foreign vacations off limits, China is in the middle of a theme-park surge as domestic tourists seek amusements in their own backyards.

A startup has demonstrated a battery-powered flying car for the first time in Japan with hopes of starting service for the public in 2023.

CLSA Chief Executive Rick Gould is leaving the Hong Kong brokerage after less than a year and a half in that role, in the latest senior departure from the firm owned by China’s Citic Securities.

BlackRock got approval from regulators to start a mutual-fund business in China, a milestone for an investment firm with fierce ambitions in the world’s second-largest economy.

For the second time in the past year, billionaire Steven A. Cohen is in the driver’s seat to acquire a majority stake in the New York Mets.

A canny couple in upstate New York decorates their Victorian residence so it doesn’t outshine their beloved stuff.

Driverless ships don’t have to worry about crowded roads. And they don’t need bunks—or toilets.

What’s the secret to building a more affordable electric vehicle? JB Straubel has an answer. It starts with a pile of old cell phones.

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43.

AT&T is taking a fresh look at its DirecTV business, according to people familiar with the matter, exploring a deal for a satellite-TV service wounded by cord-cutting.

A Justice Department probe will examine New York’s Covid-19 deaths.

Protesters harass and threaten White House convention attendees on the streets of Washington, D.C