Australia pledges $80 billion wages subsidy to protect jobs from coronavirus
Australia will spend A$130 billion ($79.85 billion) to subsidise the wages of an estimated 6 million people, marking a third tranche of stimulus designed to...
EasyJet grounds entire fleet as coronavirus pushes airlines to brink
British low cost airline easyJet said it had grounded its entire fleet of over 330 aircraft and had no visibility on when it could restart...
Exclusive: U.S. investigates child labor in Ivory Coast cocoa supply chains
U.S. customs authorities have asked cocoa traders to report where and when they encounter child labor in their supply chains in top grower Ivory Coast,...
Five days of worship that set a virus time bomb in France
From the stage of an evangelical superchurch, the leader of the gospel choir kicked off an evening of prayer and preaching: “We’re going to celebrate...
Wimbledon will be canceled, says German tennis official – report
Wimbledon organizers will announce the cancellation of the grasscourt Grand Slam this week due to the coronavirus pandemic, German Tennis Federation (DTB) vice-president Dirk Hordorff...
Russia’s PM asks regions to consider Moscow-style coronavirus restrictions: RIA
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked Russia’s regional governors on Monday to consider imposing the same restrictions on movement to halt the spread of the coronavirus...
Thailand reports two new coronavirus deaths, bringing total to nine
Thailand’s public health ministry said on Monday that two more people have died from the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the...
Mexico president visits ‘El Chapo’s’ home turf, shakes hands with his mother
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday shook hands with the mother of the country’s most infamous drug trafficker, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, during...
Ukraine parliament to vote on new ministers in special session
Ukraine’s parliament will hold a special session on Monday to vote on plans to replace the country’s finance and health ministers, who have both been...
India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle
India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday, as it struggled to...