Hollywood movie studios suspend release of box office data after coronavirus slump
Movie studios Walt Disney and Universal Pictures said on Thursday they were suspending the release of box office data because of the closure of movie...
Latin American airlines slash flights, salaries in response to coronavirus
Latin America’s major airlines sharply curtailed international flights on Thursday because of the coronavirus outbreak as Panama and Colombia imposed month-long travel bans and the...
U.S. judge orders release of Peru ex-president on bail due to coronavirus outbreak
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the release of Peru ex-president Alejandro Toledo on bail from a California jail, where he has been held pending...
India executes four men for brutal 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in...
EU asks Ecuador to guarantee airport access after runway blocked with trucks
The European Union on Thursday asked Ecuador to guarantee access to its airports to ensure it can airlift citizens out of the South American nation,...
Haiti declares emergency over coronavirus, imposes curfew, shuts borders
Haiti’s government on Thursday declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, closing the borders of the Americas’ poorest nation and imposing a curfew...
Brazil coronavirus cases top 600, diplomatic spat with China bubbles
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil surged past 600 on Thursday, more than doubling in two days, as a diplomatic spat over the disease’s origins between...
JLR to suspend production at UK manufacturing facilities from next week
Luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover said late on Thursday it would temporarily suspend production at its UK manufacturing facilities from next week to curb the...
U.S. Senate to seek deal on $1 trillion coronavirus economic aid package
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation to stem the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, and Republicans and Democrats agreed...
Panama, Colombia ban international flights as LATAM Airlines halves wages
Latin America’s largest carrier on Thursday cut the salaries of its 43,000 workers as Panama and Colombia imposed the toughest regional travel bans yet –...