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BioViva CEO Elizabeth Parrish talks about the future of drug development in tackling ageing
BioViva CEO Elizabeth Parrish talks about the future of drug development in tackling ageing
Three reasons to start a small business in retirement
Three reasons to start a small business in retirement
Who says you can’t kick off a new venture as a senior? Here’s why retirement is a great time to get a business off the ground.
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Trump administration wages battle with Google
Trump administration wages battle with Google
The administration’s new threat to regulate the search engine has both Republicans and Democrats sounding the alarm about free speech protections.
Elon Musk startles Wall Street with tweet on possibly taking Tesla private
Elon Musk startles Wall Street with tweet on possibly taking Tesla private
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stunned Wall Street on Tuesday by saying he may be preparing to take his struggling company private. The announcement sent the company’s stock price soaring and led the NASDAQ to stop trading Tesla shares for a short time. Tony Dokoupil reports.
China starts buying Russian gas
China starts buying Russian gas
The European Union (EU) has agreed to step up LNG imports from the United States, Trump said earlier this week following his talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who confirmed the plans and announced the EU’s intention to build more terminals for this purpose. In 2017, the US supplied 3 bln cubic meters of gas to Europe, which is considered to be a small portion, considering that Europe’s total consumption reached around 500 bln cubic meters last year. The US is going to deliver another 8.4 bln cubic meters by 2020 pursuant to long-term contracts (there are four of them in total).
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Chinese ambassador visited Republic of Kalmykia
Chinese ambassador visited Elista, capital of Republic of Kalmykia
Location: near North Caucasus.
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Ivanka Trump closing clothing company
Business: Ivanka Trump closing clothing company
President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, has announced she is shutting down her clothing company to focus on her work in Washington. The announcement comes as several ethics issues with the company remain unresolved. CNN’s Cristina Alesci reports.
Watch Trump and Putin speak ahead of one-on-one meeting
Watch Trump and Putin speak ahead of one-on-one meeting
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak with the media before they engage in a one-on-one meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
Why graphene hasn’t taken over the world… yet
Why graphene hasn’t taken over the world… yet
Graphene is a form of carbon that could bring us bulletproof armor and space elevators, improve medicine, and make the internet run faster — some day. For the past 15 years, consumers have been hearing about this wonder material and all the ways it could change everything. Is it really almost here, or is it another promise that is perpetually just one more breakthrough away?
The Heat: US-China Trade War escalates
US-China Trade War escalates
The United States hits China with a new list of an additional $200 billion on Chinese products to be hit with tariffs. To discuss the new tariffs, Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Foreign Policy Institute; Michael Johns, the Co-founder of the National Tea Party movement; Jessica Stone, CGTN’s White House Correspondent; Victor Gao, the director of the China National Association of International Studies.