The fuel spill from the thermal power plant in the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk can be taken under control within 14 days, if the weather conditions are favorable, the first vice-president and the chief operating officer at the Nornickel metals company, Sergey Dyachenko, said on Thursday

The plunge in oil prices triggered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is unlikely to do much for growth if travel remains curbed, the World Bank said in an analysis on the pandemic issued Tuesday

The chances that the world's first commercially built manned spacecraft, Crew Dragon, will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS) as scheduled on Saturday are at 50 percent, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters that the expected weather conditions on Saturday offer a 50 percent chance to launch the first US manned spacecraft in nearly a decade and the mission may experience further delays