Stocks ready to close out powerful 2020 as risks loom in January
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE At the close of trading next Thursday, the bull market will be ready to run into 2021 but …
Covid resurgence in some parts of Asia could threaten the region’s economic recovery
Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As 2020 draws to …
China’s massive “Eye of Heaven” telescope now open to international scientists
China’s massive “Eye of Heaven” telescope now open to international scientists Nestled shining and silent in the forested limestone hills of remote southwest China, the world’s biggest single-dish radio telescope …
Sterling nears 2020 peak as investors anticipate a Brexit breakthrough
LONDON — The British pound jumped close to levels not seen for 31 months Thursday as investors bet the U.K. and the European Union would strike a long-awaited Brexit trade …
Sea-level rise from climate change could be worse than projected
Greenland’s disappearing ice sheet Of the many threats from climate change , sea-level rise will most certainly be among the most impactful, making hundreds of thousands of square miles of …
‘All we can do is carry on’ — Brits describe life under lockdown as new Covid strain shatters holiday plans
People walk past the closed entrance of the Eurostar terminal at Brussels South railway station after Britain’s European neighbors began closing their doors to travelers from the United Kingdom amid …
What we know about the new strain of COVID in the U.K.
New COVID-19 strain causes concern Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new strains of the …
New Covid strain leaves UK isolated, with 1,500 trucks stranded at border
French and British officials are working to lift a ban on freight movement imposed by France amid continent-wide fear over a new coronavirus strain identified in the U.K. France activated …
Miss France runner-up targeted by wave of anti-Semitic abuse
Rise in hate crimes in major U.S. cities French prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into a torrent of anti-Semitic social media messages aimed at the runner-up in the latest …
‘Out of control’ Covid strain makes UK a global pariah as countries impose travel bans
VIDEO 2:42 02:42 U.K. imposes fresh restrictions to quell new Covid strain Squawk Box LONDON — A highly contagious new variant of the coronavirus is causing countries in Europe and …