The artwork, included in a patent application published today, shows a nine-story hive that’s swarming with drones. I’d hate to be the stick figure standing beneath that swarm.
The bank's bond issuance in international markets was a 1.5-billion-US dollar, three-year COVID-19 response bond, Maasdorp said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. The net proceeds from the bond will be used to finance sustainable development activities in its member countries, including emergency assistance loans to the bank's member countries.
The bank will in the meantime make efforts to reduce its reliance on net interest income by improving the contribution of non-interest income to operating income, he said.
The benchmark S&P 500 dropped nearly 6.6 percent for the month, its first monthly decline for the year to date, after hitting a record high in late April.
The bar shooting was the latest mass killing in the United States and was sure to revive the debate on gun control. Less than two weeks ago 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed by a man shouting "All Jews must die."
The bike-sharing companies said the cycles that were impounded are not returned to the streets directly after being released by the authorities. Instead, performance and safety tests are conducted, along with maintenance and repair, and damaged bikes are scrapped.
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The bike-sharing industry in China, which was born in 2014, experienced exponential growth last year, with the annual growth rate surging to 632.1 percent, according to market consultancy iiMedia Research. However, that number will drop significantly to 14.6 percent this year.
The attack has caused a large number of casualties. Local media reported that 14 people have been killed and at least six others injured, some of them children.
The bank has finished all the preparatory work for its securities JV in China in which it owns a majority stake of 51 percent. It is now waiting for final permission from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to officially launch the business.