Dissecting the US debt ceiling gridlock

The United States is yet in another debt ceiling standoff, in just over 10 years, which has the potential to bring with it worse eventualities than before. The last political…

Musk denies ‘romantic’ affair with Google co-founder Brin’s wife

TESLA Inc  boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and Google co-founder Sergey Brin remain friends and denied a report that he had been involved in…

Serena ‘absolutely’ had doubts about competing again

EASTBOURNE- Serena Williams returned to tennis after a year away with a doubles win at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday and while the American great reaffirmed her love for the…

U.S. economy has 40% chance of being in recession next year -BofA

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US: $475M settlement proposed in longest-running oil spill

A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432m clean-up trust fund and pay an additional $43m to settle a federal lawsuit over cleaning up abandoned wells…

Brazil legend Pele says he is ‘recovering very well’ after surgery

BRAZIL legend Pele says he is “recovering very well” after briefly being readmitted to intensive care following a recent operation. The 80-year-old had surgery to remove a tumour from his…

US transport department faults aviation body over Boeing 737 MAX

The United States Department of Transportation inspector general has faulted “weaknesses” in US government certification of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that was grounded for 20 months after two crashes…

US airline set to buy flying electric taxis

United Airlines plans to buy 200 flying electric taxis that it hopes will fly passengers to the airport within the next five years. The US airline is one of the…

Trump slams China’s Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others – sources

The Trump administration notified several Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications…

US dollar declines as 2020 nears finish line

The United States dollar fell the lowest since April 2018 against a basket of world currencies as investors bet on more fiscal support Wall Street advanced and the dollar dipped…