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Washington, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jim Lo Scalzo) A group of environmentalists in Washington protested on Friday in front of a Wells Fargo Bank branch over their "financing" of the Line 3 oil pipeline.The Keystone XL pipeline - banned by former President Barack Obama in 2015 after a lengthy review of its environmental impact, finally followed by a presidential veto after approval by Congress - aims to transport some 830,000 barrels a day of oil from Canada's Alberta to different locations in the US, including Texas refineries.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN WASHINGTON
On Monday, US stocks soared to record highs. This came after Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine showed more than 90% efficacy in its phase 3 trial that enrolled 44,000 patients. Business Insider reports that both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average opened at intraday all-time highs. The development could remove pandemic significant uncertainty from the market. Airlines, restaurants, and financial sectors soared. Work-from-home stocks like Zoom, Peloton, and Netflix plummeted.
China launches a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are favourably aligned for a short journey, with the US spacecraft due to lift off on July 30. IMAGES
Drone images show rivers near the Levikhinsky mine in the Sverdlovsk Oblask in central Russia. Prosecutors on Wednesday said they were conducting an inspection of a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after photographs emerged of nearby rivers running orange. IMAGES of the area near Levikhinsky mine
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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