General Motors is shifting into overdrive on electric vehicles to carve out a bigger share of that market, with plans for dozens of new models, redeployment of engineers to a dedicated electric vehicle division and committing $27 billion for battery and autonomous technology development to overtake Elon Musk’s Tesla
With global Covid-19 cases now beyond the grim milestone of 55 million, the news of safe and reliable vaccines are welcome, especially when effective in some of the most at-risk groups of serious disease
NEW DELHI – The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech have announced that the COVID-19 vaccine they are jointly developing was more than 90% effective in early clinical trials. The news raised hopes around the world that life may soon return to pre-pandemic normal
LUXEMBOURG – With nationalist tendencies currently resurgent around the world, Europe can and must place itself at the forefront of the issues that matter most. From promoting trade and human rights to mitigating disease and climate change, Europe can be a global beacon, fostering the kind of multilateralism that is at the heart of the European Union
ROME – Italy was the first European country to implement a COVID-19 lockdown, and subsequently it managed the summer months relatively well. But we are now seeing the effects of a second wave, similar to that in other European countries, and we cannot let our guard down
CAMBRIDGE – With alternative assets such as gold and Bitcoin thriving in the pandemic, some top economists are predicting a sharp fall in the US dollar