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U.S. consumer spending increased for a second straight month in June, setting up consumption for a rebound in the third quarter, though the recovery could be limited by a resurgence in COVID19 cases and the end of expanded unemployment benefits.

As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, public health officials and senior U.S. lawmakers are sounding alarms about the Trump administration's lack of planning for its nationwide d...

European shares recovered from their lowest levels in a month on Friday, as investors looked past a severe economic contraction in the euro zone and on to company earnings, while the euro reached its highest in more than two years, set for its best month...

The Delhi University will be holding online open book exams from August 10 for final year students, amid opposition from students and teachers. They have been demanding that exams be scrapped and students be promoted on the basis of past performance and i...

Raw sugar futures look set to end this year near current levels but post an annual loss as the COVID19 pandemic buoys supply and dents demand, a Reuters poll of 11 traders and analysts showed on Friday.

India's fiscal deficit in the three months to end June stood at 6.62 trillion rupees ($88.52 billion), or 83.2% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year, government data showed on Friday.

Chevron Corp posted a quarterly net loss on Friday, as the second largest U.S. oil producer took charges of $5.2 billion due to a collapse in oil prices due to the coronavirus pandemic and as related lockdowns decimated fuel demand.

The BJP got four MPs of TDP merged with it overnight in Rajya Sabha. That merger is right and the merger of six MLAs with the Congress in Rajasthan is wrong, Gehlot tweeted in Hindi.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election for seats in the city legislature for a year because of a spike in novel coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the prodemocracy opposition hoping to make gains in the vote.

From sporadic landline telephones decades ago, to the hyper connected world of smartphones and high speed 4G of today, ex-Union Minister Sukh Ram, who oversaw the first ever mobile phone call in India, has seen it all.

These are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: India’s record on fighting the coronavirus for six months, Mike Pompeo calls out China on intrusion in India territory, Barack Obama’s powerful mask gesture, Sanjay Manjrekar asks BCCI to reinstate...

Rhea Chakraborty has told the Supreme Court that she has been falsely implicated in the FIR registered against her in Bihar by late actor Sushant Singh Rajputs father.

Sonu Sood shared a throwback picture on social media from his modelling days which shows his epic transformation over two decades. Take a look.

The EC said that there were no specific complaints during elections and question of independent check of empanelled agency by DGIPR did not arise.

Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are under increasing threat heading into the 2020 election.

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