The United Nations, among other environmental experts and advocates, have been calling for all countries and regions to zero out carbon emissions by 2050 to stabilize global temperatures.
The US Senate was poised Wednesday to vote on a trillion relief package for an economy bludgeoned by the coronavirus pandemic, but the vote was delayed over Republican objections to unemployment provisions in the bill.
The Underground Master Plan will feature pilot areas, with ideas including data centers, utility plants, bus depots, a deep-tunnel sewage system, warehousing and water reservoirs.
The U.S. Postal Service plans to start testing its own locker system for packages, similar to the lockers that Amazon.com has been rolling out on a trial basis, according to a report this week by the Courier Express & Postal Observer news site.
The US central bank warned that the virus continues to pose "considerable risks" to the economy, which after a 4.8 percent contraction in the first three months of the year likely will see an "unprecedented" decline in the second quarter.
The US Federal Reserve showed its independent streak on Wednesday when it announced an increase to a key interest rate despite opposition from Wall Street and US President Donald Trump.
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The United Kingdom should take full responsibility for current difficulties in the China-UK relationship, Beijing's top diplomat in London said during an online news conference on Thursday.
The UN chief said a roadmap would enable both sides "to know exactly what the next steps will be, and to have predictability in the way negotiations take place," adding that it's "important for the two parties to come together in an effective way."
The US-China trade conflict has created uncertainty in the global economy by prompting customers to postpone investments. But the automation trend and technical improvements will result in double digit growth in the industrial robot market, with an estimate of about 584,000 units shipped in 2022, Tsuda stated.
The UK-China CEO Council, a platform for exchange and cooperation for businesses in the two countries, held its first meeting in Beijing on Wednesday. It is composed of representative companies in industries including finance, energy, automobiles, telecommunications, transportation and medicine. Fifteen companies are from China and 16 are from the UK. They include the Bank of China, Huawei Technologies, BP and Jaguar Land Rover.