Healthy again, British PM says too risky to relax lockdown yet
Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday after recovering from COVID-19 with a warning that it was still too dangerous to relax a...
Text: UK PM Johnson says it’s too soon to relax COVID lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown hammering the economy as that may cause...
Russia’s stranded migrants lose jobs, rely on handouts and peers for food
Even before Moscow’s coronavirus lockdown, Ibragim Artykov, a builder from Tajikistan, was down on his luck. Over two months, he had four jobs and in...
China denies spreading coronavirus disinformation following EU report
China’s foreign ministry on Monday denied claims that Beijing is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was “significant...
Hong Kong researchers invent antiviral “coating”
A team of researchers from a Hong Kong university claim to have developed an antiviral coating they say can provide 90 days of “significant” protection...
Oil prices skid on oversupply, storage concerns
Oil prices fell on Monday on concerns about scarce storage capacity and global economic doldrums from the coronavirus pandemic....
Cevian Capital trims Ericsson stake to 7.4%
Activist investor Cevian Capital has trimmed its holding in Sweden’s Ericsson to 7.4% of share capital, saying the telecom equipment maker’s share of Cevian’s portfolio...
Australia rejects Chinese ‘economic coercion’ threat amid planned coronavirus probe
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has cautioned China against attempts at “economic coercion” as Australia pushes for an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic that China...
Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll picks up slightly
The number of daily fatalities from the novel coronavirus reported in Spain rose on Monday to 331, up from 288 the previous day, the health...
El Salvador crams prisoners together in lockdown
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele late on Friday ordered a 24-hour lockdown of prisons containing gang members, and forced prisoners of rival gangs to be in...