President Donald Trump is living up to his self-given nickname “King of Debt.” On his watch, the United States has borrowed aggressively — during the good times, and now the bad times. Source: New feed

China’s latest large carrier rocket made its first successful flight Tuesday, an important step in the nation’s plan to build a space station, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Source: New feed

Thanks to its complex history, London has long been associated with ghosts. Source: New feed

People in Ireland inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago are paying it forward. Source: New feed

American track star Dalilah Muhammad is celebrating and training during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The current Olympic and world champion says cancelling Tokyo 2020 would be “heartbreaking.” Source: New feed

Disney’s profit dropped a whopping 91% during the first three months of 2020, showcasing the widespread decimation the coronavirus pandemic has brought on its media empire. Source: New feed

A leading epidemiologist who advised the UK government on its coronavirus response resigned from his government post on Tuesday, after the Telegraph newspaper reported he broke the lockdown rules he helped shape. Source: New feed

Tesla shares are up 86% so far this year, which means CEO Elon Musk just qualified for stock options worth more than $700 million. Source: New feed

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings warned investors that it might be forced to go out of business. Source: New feed

The Dutch painter Jan Vermeer was no stranger to the kind of socially isolated world we now find ourselves in. His hometown of Delft was stricken with plague several times in the artist’s lifetime. In 1635 and 1636 over 2,000 people died, and in the mid-1650s and mid-1660s hundreds more. …