Topic 1 Coffee, Ketchup, Nike Air Max: It's the COVID Consumer Economy
Instant coffee mix and Nike Air Max footwear are all in. Bottled water and high-end Burberry trench coats are out.
Topic 2 Japan to Restart Tourism as COVID-19 Infections Rise
Japan is preparing for an increase in the number of new coronavirus infections.
Topic 3 Asian Companies Consider Factories in Mexico as China Risks Grow
The trade war between the United States and China and the coronavirus crisis have led companies to reexamine worldwide supply chains.
Topic 4 A Million Beers Await Drinkers at Europe's Bars
As bars across Europe slowly reopen, as many as one million free or pre-paid beers are waiting to welcome back the public.
Topic 5 US Files Case against Google for Harming Competition
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday brought legal action against Google for its business methods.
Topic 6 Carmakers Compete to Improve Electric Vehicles
Carmakers from the United States and other countries are thinking about ways to manufacture and improve a technology called an e-axle or e-drive.
Topic 7 Prague Restaurant Creates Coronavirus-Shaped Dessert
A restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic has invented a sweet treat shaped like the new coronavirus.
Topic 8 Offices Redesign: Touchless Coffee and Social Distancing
Many people in the United States are returning to changed workplaces after months of lockdowns.
Topic 9 Walmart Uses Drones to Fly COVID-19 Tests to American Homes
Walmart has begun using drone aircraft to transport COVID-19 tests to private homes in the United States.
Topic 10 Hollywood Slow to Restart Movie and TV Production
Hollywood has been slow to get its cameras rolling again as California starts easing coronavirus restrictions.
Topic 11 Apple Announces First 5G Smartphone, iPhone 12
Apple has announced its first smartphones built to work with 5G, the world’s fastest ever wireless technology.
Topic 12 Top Oil Companies Set Carbon Target Goals
For the first time, a group of the world’s top oil companies have set goals to cut carbon gas emissions as a percentage of their total production.
Topic 13 Are ‘Mountains’ of Clothing Waste the New 'Height of Fashion?
Sales of used clothing are part of fast fashion, but the industry is breaking down because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Topic 14 More South Koreans Do 'Staycations'
At this time last year, Yoon Seok-min, his wife Kim Hyo-jung and their two children traveled to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Guam.
Topic 15 US Company Shows Off New Supersonic Test Aircraft
An American startup company recently gave reporters a chance to see its first demonstrator aircraft, which is set to begin flight testing next year.
Topic 16 US Small Businesses Set About Reinventing Themselves
Small business owners are worried about how to keep operating under restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
Topic 17 Gun Sales Increase in US
In May in the small, middle-class town of Fishkill, New York, Andreyah Garland bought a shotgun for protection.
Topic 18 Norway Again Tries to Raise Fish Species at Risk on Farms
Norway is relaunching an effort to farm cod in the North Atlantic.
Topic 19 American Movie Theaters Expect to Reopen Slowly
American movie theater operators hope to fully reopen their businesses across the United States by late July.
Topic 20 Vatican Asks Catholics to Drop Investments in Fossil Fuels, Arms
The Vatican is urging Roman Catholics to sell investments in arms manufacturers and businesses that specialize in oil and other fossil fuels.
