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Masked and standing apart, the world tiptoes out of lockdown
ROME/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries tentatively easing coronavirus lockdowns on Monday to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a...
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Asian stocks, oil higher as economies emerge from lockdown
HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, tracking a late Wall Street rally as governments eased coronavirus lockdowns while oil extended gains on expectations fuel demand would...
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Wall Street jumps as energy shares rise, lockdowns ease
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes rallied on Tuesday as healthcare stocks jumped, oil prices surged and a number of countries and U.S. states eased coronavirus-induced restrictions in an attempt...
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U.S. Senate Democrats seek coronavirus fund disclosure as Trump pushes nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday will try to pass legislation imposing disclosure requirements on federal coronavirus assistance to businesses, while the Republican...
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Trump urges China to reveal all about origin of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged China on Tuesday to be transparent about the origins of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a quarter of a million people...
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Senators press Trump pick for top U.S. spy on China in era of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators pressed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. intelligence on Tuesday on whether he would act independently of the president on hot-button issues like the origins of...
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Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – When shops and homes shutter at curfew, some Iraqis in this Baghdad district say it reminds them of past traumas that destroyed lives and livelihoods: sectarian death squads,...
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South Korea spy agency says no signs North Korea’s Kim received heart...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the completion of a fertiliser plant, in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on...
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Ousted U.S. whistleblower says Trump health official played down coronavirus...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblower’s complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald...
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Asian shares gain on ‘risk-friendly’ yuan fixing, oil falters
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares extended gains on Wednesday, as investors saw China’s yuan fixing offering a modest olive branch to Washington amid a resurgence in trade tensions, while oil ended its...
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Trump says coronavirus task force to shift focus, drawing Pelosi criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its focus to reviving U.S. business and social life, while acknowledging that reopening the...
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New coronavirus adapts to populations; vaccine works in monkeys
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the...
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World shares mixed amid hopes for business pickup, oil slips
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices slid and world equity markets seesawed on Wednesday as investor hopes for a pickup in business activity were dashed by downbeat economic data and a rise in U.S. crude...
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Detained American tells Venezuela state TV he plotted Maduro’s capture
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was instructed to seize control of Caracas’ airport and bring in a...
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WHO guidelines for frontline PPE use designed to protect people, conserve gear
A person wearing a PPE suit exits the Elmhurst Hospital center as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the neighborhood of Queens in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS /...
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Gas leak at South Korea-owned factory in India kills nine, hundreds hospitalised
CHENNAI (Reuters) – At least 9 people were killed in southern India by a gas leak at a South Korean-owned factory making polystyrene products, with emergency services rushing over 300 people to...
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Stocks cheer China trade relief, bonds face debt deluge
LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – World shares climbed on Thursday after Chinese exports proved far stronger than even bulls had imagined, while bond investors were still daunted by the staggering amount of...
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Protesting COVID-style: masks optional, creativity essential
LONDON (Reuters) – Outraged Polish women said it with umbrellas, locked-down Serbians banged pots from open windows and environmentalists did what they have always done – climbed a tree. FILE PHOTO: A...
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Exclusive: U.S. companies got emergency government loans despite having...
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – When American companies recently applied for U.S. government loans meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus crisis, they had to certify they needed the cash...
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Wall Street gets PayPal lift as Nasdaq wipes out 2020 declines
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s indexes climbed on Thursday, with the Nasdaq erasing losses for 2020, following a clutch of upbeat earnings reports led by PayPal as investors looked past more weak jobs data...
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