India shuts down flights, big cities as coronavirus toll rises in region
India said on Monday it will shut down domestic flights to halt the spread of coronavirus and imposed a curfew on a giant state...
Mnuchin urges Congress to pass $2 trillion economic bill
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday called on the Senate to quickly pass a massive economic relief bill saying it was urgently needed to...
PG&E utility to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter over 2018 fire
PG&E Corp said on Monday its utility unit agreed to plead guilty to 84 involuntary manslaughter counts in connection with the 2018 Camp Fire, the...
Breakingviews TV: Viral India
The financially strapped country could be forced to confront Covid-19 on a shoestring. India lacks the authoritarian system that helped China cope and Italy’s advanced...
The Federal Reserve just pledged asset purchases with no limit to support markets – CNBC
The Federal Reserve just pledged asset purchases with no limit to support markets CNBC Fed makes ‘aggressive’ move to back corporate debt markets, Main St. Yahoo Money...
Futures jump 3% as Fed launches aggressive credit boost
U.S. stock index futures surged more than 3% on Monday, overturning early losses after the Federal Reserve took unprecedented steps to support U.S. households and...
Kiev monastery fights coronavirus with homemade hand sanitizer
The black-robed Orthodox clerics sit in a line under an icon in one of Ukraine’s oldest monasteries, mixing up batches of hand sanitizer to distribute...
East Libya imposes full curfew over coronavirus
East Libya will impose a full curfew for 10 days from Wednesday in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus, though medicine can be...
Russia to use mobile phones to track people at risk of coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday gave the authorities five days to develop a system to track people who have come into contact with...
Rio’s iconic Copacabana beach eerily deserted after coronavirus closures
The long stretch of sand was almost entirely empty as people heeded orders to shelter inside in an effort to stop the spread of the...