Jobless Claims Hit 3.3 Million in the Last Report. This Week’s Will Probably Be Worse. – The New York Times
Jobless Claims Hit 3.3 Million in the Last Report. This Week’s Will Probably Be Worse. The New York Times Unemployment benefits for gig and self-employed workers...
New York a virtual ghost town as city locks down amid coronavirus pandemic
With residents sheltering at home, stores closed, and tourists departed, the New York City’s historic streets and familiar landmarks take on an eerie silence, especially...
The great grandmother breaking the law to survive
Amid South Africa’s lockdown, 69-year-old grocery seller Lucy Malimele – one of the country’s millions of informal workers – says she is forced to break...
Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina
Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina on Thursday, the interior ministry said, extending measures taken to combat the spread of the...
Red Cross to deliver supplies for COVID-19 patients in separatist eastern Ukraine
A planeload of medical supplies for COVID-19 patients and other relief goods has arrived in Ukraine to help people enduring a six-year-old conflict in the...
As coronavirus spreads, U.N. seeks Yemen urgent peace talks resumption
The United Nations and Western allies are pointing to the threat of coronavirus to push Yemen’s combatants to agree to fresh talks to end a...
Twitter removes accounts linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, other countries
Twitter took down thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Serbia on Thursday for either taking directions from the governments or...
EU announces work scheme, aid for farmers, fishermen amid coronavirus pandemic
The European Commission proposed on Thursday a package of measures to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the EU economy, including a short-time...
Coronavirus deaths in Netherlands increase to 1,339: authorities
The number of deaths caused by an infection with the new coronavirus in the Netherlands has increased by 166 to 1,339, health authorities said on...
Elections, ties with China shaped Iran’s coronavirus response
Iranian authorities ignored warnings by doctors in late December and January of an increasing number of patients with high fevers and lung infections in the...
