Updated Oct 28, 2022, 06:29am EDT Topline Elon Musk will reportedly beef up his resume and take over as Twitter’s CEO, according to Bloomberg, following his decision to remove several top executives after completing his acquisition of the social media company late on Thursday. Key Facts According to Bloomberg, Musk will take over from Parag…
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Topline President Joe Biden’s approval rating sharply rose to 45% in September from a low of 36% two months earlier, according to an AP-NORC poll, a potential bright spot for Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections where the party faces the uphill task of trying to retain control of both the House and the Senate.…
Updated Sep 14, 2022, 08:53am EDT Topline Google may have to pay a record €4.125 billion ($4.12 billion) fine to the European Union in an antitrust case linked to its Android operating system for smartphones after losing a court appeal on Wednesday, a ruling that is likely to bolster the bloc’s ability to crackdown on…
Updated Apr 28, 2022, 07:44am EDT Topline Italian energy firm Eni is preparing to set up an account in Gazprombank to make ruble payments for Russian gas, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, after the European Union criticized Russia’s decision to shut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail,” and warned companies against breaching sanctions…
Updated Apr 27, 2022, 05:57am EDT Topline SpaceX successfully launched four astronauts towards the International Space Station early Wednesday in a mission that features one of the most diverse crews sent to space. Key Facts The launch of the Crew-4 mission took place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 3:52 a.m. ET…
Updated Apr 26, 2022, 03:30am EDT Topline Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said the threat of a nuclear war “should not be underestimated” as he accused NATO of engaging in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, a warning that comes a day after U.S. officials said Washington’s goal in the Ukraine conflict…
Updated Apr 20, 2022, 08:15am EDT Topline Tennis players from Russia and Belarus have been barred from participating in this year’s Wimbledon, the grand slam tournament’s organizers will announce Wednesday, making them the latest high-profile sporting event to exclude players from the two countries amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Key Facts According to the BBC,…
Updated Apr 14, 2022, 05:10am EDT Topline The Ukrainian military on Thursday claimed it had blown up a bridge in Kharkiv, resulting in the destruction of an "entire column" of Russian forces heading towards the city of Izyum, marking another potential blow to Russian combat power just hours after the flagship of the Russian Navy’s…
Updated Dec 17, 2021, 02:50am EST Topline A New York federal court on Thursday overturned a near $4.5 billion settlement which would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma from any future legal action relating to the opioid epidemic, in a decision that may upend the drugmaker’s bankruptcy reorganization…
Updated Dec 16, 2021, 06:07am EST Topline China’s Sinovac claimed that a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine is 94% effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Nikkei Asia reported , in a statement the comes just a day after a study found that two doses of the vaccine failed to generate any detectable…