An employee of Pipa, a Belgian auction house for racing pigeons, shows a two-year old female pigeon named New Kim after an auction in Knesselare, Belgium, Sunday, November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgian racing pigeon fetches record price of $1.9 million

In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. Microsoft says state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers have in recent months tried to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and COVID-19 vaccine researchers. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Microsoft: Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work

A pedestrian pass the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in New York. Stocks around the world are falling sharply Wednesday, Oct. 28, on worries the worsening pandemic will push governments to bring back restrictions on businesses. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

US stocks tumble with markets around world on virus worries

Dollar Bill Macro. | Photo: shotstash.com

Dollar softens ahead of U.S. election with stimulus in focus

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2019 file photo, women peer in the front door of Lord & Taylor's flagship Fifth Avenue store which closed for good, in New York. A slew of once-beloved brands from Lord & Taylor to Ann Taylor have filed for Chapter 11 since the pandemic. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Pandemic tests shopper loyalty for clothing brands

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, One-stop operator Vickie Gregorio with the Heartland Workforce Solutions talks to a jobseeker outside the workforce office in Omaha, Neb., as others seeking employment wait behind her. On Thursday, Aug. 20, the government reported that the number of workers applying for unemployment climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling US economy

AIRBUS 2018 - Photo by P. Masclet/Master Films.

France’s government announces $16.9 billion in aid for aviation industry

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after the Nasdaq hit a record high. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Wall Street hits the brakes after strong, weekslong rally

A man and a woman demonstrate dining under a plastic shield Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in a restaurant of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Patrons under plastic: Restaurants get creative in virus era

Thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong to protest against a proposed security law despite regulations prohibiting groups of more than eight people. AFP / Anthony WALLACE

China says virus pushing United States ties to brink of ‘Cold War’

16 January 2020. Ministerial and Forum on Migration and Integration. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General. OECD Headquarters, Paris, France. Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler

Costa Rica becomes the fourth Latin American country to be accepted by the OECD

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