[Analytics] SpaceX success: No shortage of Kremlin sour grapes
There’s nothing like a sore loser — and the Russians seem to take the cake…
USA
The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
UK to change immigration rules for Hong Kong citizens if China passes law: PM
LONDON, Jun 3, 2020, BBC. Britain will change its immigration rules and offer millions of…
China denounces US visa restrictions on Chinese students
BEIJING, Jun 3, 2020, Xinhua. The U.S. visa restriction on Chinese students and researchers severely…
More than half the US firms in Hong Kong are ‘very concerned’ about the new security law: Survey
HONG KONG, Jun 3, 2020, CNBC. More than 80% of the U.S. companies in Hong…
Historic curfews in Los Angeles and New York are the harshest in decades
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Jun 3, 2020, CNN, AFP. Curfews have been issued across the country…
Russian space agency and NASA negotiate on seats for space flights to ISS
NUR-SULTAN, Jun 2, 2020, TASS. Russian space agency Roscosmos and NASA conduct negotiations on mutual…
Black Lives Matter protests takes place in Sydney in wake of US demonstrations
SYDNEY, Jun 2, 2020, News.com.au. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Sydney…
[Analytics] The economics of America’s civil unrest
Economics doesn’t explain everything. Heartbreakingly high rates of incarceration, illegitimacy, disease and poverty among black…
US president Trump vows to mobilize federal resources in address to nation
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 2, 2020, Fox News. President Trump said during a statement in the…
China may be using weak soybean demand and adequate supply as an opportunity to halt US imports
BEIJING, Jun 2, 2020, CNBC. News that Beijing has ordered state firms to halt purchases…
[Analytics] Second wave or just ripples – what next for the pandemic?
Predicting disease outbreaks has been compared by more than one weary scientist over the years…
Court appearance for the former Minnesota officer charged for George Floyd murder is moved to June 8
MINNEAPOLIS, Jun 1, 2020, CNN. The first court appearance for Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota…