Coronavirus live updates: Record unemployment claims; Senate passes historic $2T stimulus; US deaths top 1,000 – USA TODAY
Coronavirus live updates: Record unemployment claims; Senate passes historic $2T stimulus; US deaths top 1,000 USA TODAY Senate passes $2 trillion bill to blunt coronavirus pandemic’s...
Fresh produce in Europe set to be more scarce as coronavirus strikes
Fresh fruit and vegetables will become increasingly scarce in Europe, suppliers warn, as the coronavirus pandemic hampers the global movement of produce and of the...
U.S. weekly jobless claims surge to a record 3.28 million as coronavirus spurs mass layoffs
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits shot to record of more than 3 million last week as strict measures to contain the...
British firm says antibody test is being validated
Prototypes of a coronavirus antibody test which could be a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic are being assessed and are ready to be...
Sadness in scarred Fukushima after torch relay canceled
It was meant to be the start of a triumphant march to the Tokyo 2020 Games: the torch relay would begin on Thursday in Fukushima,...
‘All we have left is to hope and pray’: Travellers stranded in airport by coronavirus
Russian hostel manager Valerie Azure has spent the past three nights sleeping on the floor of a Malaysian airport along with her young son, after...
EU marks 25th anniversary of open-border Schengen pact with closed frontiers
The European Union marked the 25th anniversary of its open-border Schengen agreement on Thursday with all its land borders shut or subject to heavy checks...
Ramaphosa tests negative for coronavirus as South Africa to begin lockdown
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested negative for coronavirus after taking the test as a precautionary measure, the presidency said in a statement on...
Russia’s atomic agency keeps building abroad despite coronavirus outbreak
Russia’s Rosatom is continuing the construction of nuclear stations abroad despite the global coronavirus outbreak, the state atomic agency’s head Alexei Likhachev said on Thursday....
U.S. health agency lists hydroxychloroquine under hoarding prevention after Trump’s order
The Health and Human Services on Thursday listed malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a medical resource that was subject to hoarding prevention measures under President Donald...