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Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say
(Reuters) – U.S. workers who refuse to return to their jobs because they are worried about catching the coronavirus should not count on getting unemployment benefits, state officials and labor law...
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Burping bags and dancing raisins: Tricks for teaching science during a pandemic
(Reuters) – Texas science teacher Avri DiPietro has a secret weapon in her tool kit to help keep her students engaged now that the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to stay home indefinitely. It’s...
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Bankruptcy looms over U.S. energy industry, from oil fields to pipelines
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. shale producers, refiners and pipeline companies are scrambling for cash and face likely restructuring as they struggle under heavy debt loads and a dual supply/demand shock...
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Markets brush off ugly data, pin hopes on stimulus
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks inched up on Thursday on hopes for a massive joint stimulus fund to support the European Union during the coronavirus crisis and on an ongoing rebound in oil prices,...
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Pompeo says U.S. may never restore WHO funds after cutoff over pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization, warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding...
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Asian stocks poised to rise after Wall Street gains slip away
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Asia equities face a bumpy session on Friday after Wall Street pared early gains as optimism over a rebound in oil prices and prospects for further government stimulus were...
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Trump thinks report was incorrect on illness of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
By Steve Holland, Mark Hosenball and Alexandra Alper U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 23,...
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U.S. House passes $500 billion coronavirus bill in latest relief package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total...
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Here’s why you can’t find frozen fries, while U.S. farmers are sitting on...
(Reuters) – Shopper Lexie Mayewski is having a hard time finding frozen french fries in Washington, D.C.-area supermarkets in the wake of coronavirus-fueled stockpiling. A lone box of frozen french...
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Factbox: Global reaction to WHO coronavirus initiative
(Reuters) – Global leaders joined the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to launch an initiative to accelerate work on drugs, tests and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the...
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Senator Rubio: new small business aid program to launch Monday
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks to reporters following a national security briefing for members of the U.S. Senate about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and...
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As U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 50,000, Georgia forges ahead with reopening
ATLANTA (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll nearing 50,000, Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first state to allow an array of small businesses to reopen on Friday despite...
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U.S. senator urges criminal probe of Amazon.com ‘predatory data practices’
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Josh Hawley urged the...
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U.S. judges press Trump administration over subpoena fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical about broad arguments made by the Trump administration that the House of Representatives cannot sue to enforce a subpoena...
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Much of U.S. economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Garbage haulers still collect trash. Cops are on the beat. Couriers deliver food and packages. Insurance agents work from home. FILE PHOTO: A worker cuts swimwear fabric to be...
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Coronavirus likely hammered U.S. economy in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely contracted in the first quarter at its sharpest pace since the Great Recession as stringent measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus almost...
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Asia shares hit seven-week high, oil rallies as economies slowly re-open
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares climbed to a near two-month peak on Wednesday as investors took heart from easing coronavirus lockdowns in some parts of the world, better-than-expected corporate...
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Trump hails U.S. coronavirus testing as infections cross a million
(Reuters) – The United States has reported more than a million coronavirus infections only because of its testing, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hailing the effort as being “much better...
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Italy pledged aid to 2.3 million workers. Just 29,000 have got it
ROME (Reuters) – Looking to save lives and stop the coronavirus by shutting down the nation, the Italian government told workers in March: you stay home and we will pay most of your lost wages. FILE...
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Parallel lives: Twin-brother ER doctors fight COVID-19 in New York, Miami
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Emergency room doctor Michael D’Urso has had some bleak days on the front lines of New York City’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Intubated patients sometimes spend days...
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