Latin America’s largest airline to halve pay for its 43,000 employees
LATAM Airlines Group , South America’s largest carrier, will cut pay to its 43,000-strong workforce by 50% for three months due to economic fallout from...
Wall Street ends higher to stem coronavirus selloff
U.S. stocks managed to post gains on Thursday after recent steep losses as policymakers around the world took further emergency actions to try to help...
Explainer: What is herd immunity and will it affect the pandemic?
The outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus has raised questions about a phenomenon known as “herd immunity” and whether it might play a...
Senate $1 trillion coronavirus bill coming Thursday – senior Republican
The Republican-led U.S. Senate was scrambling on Thursday to hammer out details of a $1 trillion-plus package to stem the economic fallout of the coronavirus...
Airline industry crisis deepens as coronavirus kills demand
The crisis for airlines deepened on Thursday as Lufthansa , which has grounded most of its fleet, warned the industry may not survive coronavirus pandemic...
Turkey says two soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib in attack by ‘radical groups’
Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib in a rocket attack by “some...
Chile to postpone referendum on new constitution as coronavirus concerns grow
Chilean lawmakers said on Thursday they had reached agreement to postpone until late October a much-anticipated referendum on a new constitution as safety concerns around...
Canada’s First Nations close borders over coronavirus, using ‘isolation as a strength’
Canadian indigenous communities, already facing poor healthcare options, are closing their own lands’ borders to limit coronavirus exposure as Ottawa dispatches funds and tents to...
Italy passes China’s coronavirus death toll, prepares to extend lockdown
Italy’s death toll from coronavirus overtook that of China, where the virus first emerged, on Thursday as hospitals said they were being overwhelmed and the...
Italian PM says EU must use 500 billion euro rescue fund during virus outbreak – FT
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in an interview that the European Union must use “the full firepower” of its 500 billion euro ($534.10 billion)...