Instead of the traditional sand and sea holidays, foreign tourists are invited to enjoy the charms of the Spanish countryside, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday, launching an ambitious plan to save Spain’s dying villages.
Pistons GT, Grizz Gaming and Mavs Gaming won their groups Friday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the NBA 2K League’s The Tipoff tournament.Magic Gaming, who didn’t play Friday, also booked a playoff berth as the lone wild-card team joining seven group winners.The Pistons went 4-0 to roll through Group 7.Group 5 saw the Grizz…
A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover drove down the ramp of a landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of the Red Planet, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to Mars.Zhurong, named after a mythical Chinese god of fire, drove down to the surface…
Taiwan reported another rise in domestic COVID-19 cases on Saturday, but the health minister said the trend remained stable with new infections concentrated in the northern part of the island in and around Taipei.After months of keeping the pandemic under control, Taiwan is dealing with a surge in domestic infections, and the whole island is…
Amid an extended legal department hiring spree for newly-public Coinbase Global Inc., the fintech company has swiped a top in-house lawyer from Capital One who helped spearhead the bank’s recent investments in intellectual property.Ariana Woods spent four years at Capital One, most recently as associate general counsel and head of intellectual property. On Thursday, she…
Brazil’s health minister said on Friday the government is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the concerning coronavirus variant first identified in India in the northern state of Maranhao, which has detected the country’s first cases.One crew member of a cargo ship, anchored at the port of Sao Luis after a trip from…
President Joe Biden on Friday said his meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in underscored the deep security and economic ties binding the United States and South Korea, including a shared approach to North Korea.Biden also announced that State Department official Sung Kim will serve as special envoy for North Korea.”Our partnership is grounded on…
The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all fossil fuels, to meet globally agreed climate change targets.Stopping fossil fuel funding is seen as a major step the world can make to…
U.S. money market funds lured massive inflows in the week ended May 19 as investors turned risk averse on concerns over higher inflation levels and chances that the Federal Reserve might scale back its monetary support measures.Refinitiv Lipper showed U.S. money market funds received a net inflow of $25.34 billion, a four-fold increase over the…
U.S. money market funds lured massive inflows in the week ended May 19 as investors turned risk averse on concerns over higher inflation levels and chances that the Federal Reserve might scale back its monetary support measures.Refinitiv Lipper showed U.S. money market funds received a net inflow of $25.34 billion, a four-fold increase over the…