Report: Tourism to Latin America hammered by COVID

Report: Tourism to Latin America hammered by COVID

MIAMI (AP) — With the coronavirus keeping Americans at home during the summer, countries south of the U.S. border are bracing for an economic reckoning from a decline in tourism. A new repor t Wednesday by the Inter-American Development Bank estimates that some of the...
Treasury to loan $700M to trucking company DOD sued in 2018

Treasury to loan $700M to trucking company DOD sued in 2018

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A struggling trucking company once sued by the Department of Defense is getting a $700 million loan from the U.S. government because it “is critical to maintaining national security,” the Treasury Department said Wednesday. U.S....
Turkey: 11 detained over tweets dealing with leader’s family

Turkey: 11 detained over tweets dealing with leader’s family

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 11 people were detained in Turkey for social media postings that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law after they announced the birth of their fourth child on Twitter, police said Wednesday. Erdogan...
US manufacturing bounces back in June on reopenings

US manufacturing bounces back in June on reopenings

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. manufacturing rebounded in June as major parts of the country opened back up, ending three months of contraction in the sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing...
Pfizer reports encouraging, very early vaccine test results

Pfizer reports encouraging, very early vaccine test results

The first of four experimental COVID-19 vaccines being tested by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech showed encouraging results in very early testing of 45 people, the companies said Wednesday. Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose, in two shots about...