There is a historic art museum in Washington that honors people whose lives reflect the American story. It’s called the National Portrait Gallery. Every two years dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life gather for a gala to celebrate extraordinary individuals. Maxim Moskalkov attended this year’s event and spoke with some guests of honor. …
There is a historic art museum in Washington that honors people whose lives reflect the American story. It’s called the National Portrait Gallery. Every two years dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life gather for a gala to celebrate extraordinary individuals. Maxim Moskalkov attended this year’s event and spoke with some guests of honor. …
The World Health Organization warns escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces is threatening to reverse major gains made in bringing the region’s Ebola epidemic to an end. The agency reports 3,298 cases of Ebola, including 2195 deaths, resulting in an overall fatality rate of 67%.Health officials are pleased with the progress that has been made in tackling the Ebola outbreak in recent weeks. Last week, the World Health Organization recorded only seven cases of this deadly disease, an all-time low.Unfortunately, the agency says …
President Donald Trump’s visit this week to a Texas manufacturing plant highlights the ongoing dance between the iPhone maker and the Trump administration over China and tariffs.The visit came as the U.S. is set Dec. 15 to raise new tariffs on imports from China, as part of its trade war with Beijing.Among U.S. technology companies, Apple has much at risk since many of its products, including the iPhone, Apple Watch and the iPad, are made in China.Two economiesThe economies of China and Silicon Valley are knitted together in complicated ways. …
President Trump’s Thursday visit to a manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, where Apple makes a line of computers, highlighted the iPhone maker’s delicate dance with the Trump administration over China, tariffs and U.S. manufacturing. Michelle Quinn takes a look at the relationship. …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is taking on the workhorse heavy pickup truck market with his latest electric vehicle.The “cybertruck,” an electric pickup truck, will be in production in 2021, Musk said at the Los Angeles Auto Show Thursday.The pickup, which Musk said will cost $39,900 and up, will have an estimated battery range of more than 500 miles.With the launch, Tesla is edging into the most profitable corner of the U.S. auto market, where buyers tend to have fierce brand loyalty.Brand-loyal buyersMany pickup buyers stick with the same brand for …
The U.S. Army is undertaking a security assessment of China-owned social media platform TikTok after a Democratic lawmaker raised national security concerns over the app’s handling of user data, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Thursday.Speaking to reporters at an event at the American Enterprise Institute think tank, McCarthy said he ordered the assessment after the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, asked him to investigate the possible risks in the military’s use of the popular video app for recruiting American teenagers.“National security experts have raised concerns about TikTok’s …
A new report finds most adolescents around the world do not get enough physical activity on a daily basis to be healthy and to stay healthy as adults. This World Health Organization study presents the first-ever global estimates of insufficient physical activity among adolescents ages 11 to 17.Data for this study was collected from 1.6 million adolescents across 146 countries. It finds girls were less active than boys in all but four countries —Tonga, Samoa, Afghanistan and Zambia.The report says the biggest gender gaps are seen in the United States …