WASHINGTON, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US economy will grow on the order of 20 percent in the third and fourth quarters, a top White House economic adviser predicted, despite reopening setbacks linked to a coronavirus resurgence. “I don’t deny that some of these hotspot states moderate that recovery, but…

HONOLULU, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hurricane Douglas threatened to become only the third storm of its size on record to hit Hawaii as it barrelled through the Pacific late on Sunday, after the year’s first major Atlantic weather system lashed Texas. The category one storm was around 120 kilometers north…

BRASÍLIA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s best-known indigenous leader, chief Raoni Metuktire, is set to be released from hospital Saturday after a health scare, officials said. “We can confirm he will be released Saturday,” a spokeswoman from the Dois Pinheiros Hospital in the central-western city of Sinop said on Friday.…

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The top US health body has issued new guidelines on the reopening of schools, clearly weighting its recommendations in favor of having students return to their classrooms in fall. The updated advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was posted Thursday night,…

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US government on Friday announced updated export restrictions on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), a move long sought by the country’s defense industries. “The President has decided to invoke our national discretion to treat a carefully selected subset of MTCR Category I UAS, which cannot…