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West Texas Intermediate gained more than 80% in May for its best month on record, but some are warning that the rally may be overdone.

"There's pent-up demand for electric vehicles," said Sam Jaffe, managing director of Cairn Energy Research Advisors. "We will see a combination of factors make 2021 an inflection point for the sale of electric vehicles."

With tensions over Hong Kong near a boiling point, Americans will get a chance to see if there's a bite behind Trump's China bark.

The heatwave in Siberia raises major concerns over devastating wildfires breaking out this summer as climate change accelerates permafrost melt in much of the Arctic region.

It comes at a time when the country has the highest coronavirus death rate in the world.

Aircraft makers are circling Brazil's Embraer weeks after Boeing ditched plans for a historic commercial aviation tie-up, people familiar with the matter said.

Morgan Stanley's move is an an early test of whether the financial capital of the world can safely reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Twitter slapped a "public interest notice" on a tweet from President Trump, saying it violated its rules on glorifying violence.

The plane took off from an airport in Moses Lake, Washington.

The Dow opened lower on Friday as traders braced for an upcoming news conference on U.S.-China relations from President Donald Trump.

Gov. Tim Walz activated the state's National Guard and lawmakers pleaded for peace as protests and looting continued in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.

A bottle of Gautier Cognac, the oldest vintage ever sold at auction, was bought in online bidding for £118,580 ($145,842).

Didi said it will use the funding to "accelerate" the launch of driverless vehicle services in China and abroad.

Rajeev Misra, the CEO at SoftBank Vision Fund, has seen his pay double from $7 million to $15 million despite bets costing SoftBank billions.

The country achieved a budget surplus of 0.2% of its gross domestic product in 2019 — its first surplus since 1975.

U.K. government is targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.

Faced with a slump in demand that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, Renault detailed plans on Friday to find 2 billion euros ($2.22 billion) in savings over the next three years.

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday it had found a new outbreak of African swine fever near the city of Lanzhou.

Stocks closed lower on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he would be giving a news conference Friday regarding China.

The coronavirus pandemic is leaving migrant workers unable to send money or goods home to families, cutting off a vital lifeline for communities already under siege from a barrage of external shocks.