Britain set tight EU talks limit but is not moving: Barnier
Britain is failing to move in talks on its future relationship with the European Union despite setting a tight timetable, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator...
Senator Rubio: new small business aid program to launch Monday
The U.S. Small Business Admininstration will make additional coronavirus-related financial assistance available to small businesses beginning on Monday, a top Republican senator said....
Mortality rates drop sharply in parts of India, bucking coronavirus trend
Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when funeral parlours were bracing for a surge amid the...
England’s COVID-19 hospital death toll rises by 587 to 17,373
The COVID-19 death toll in English hospitals rose 587 to 17,373, the health service said....
Wall Street opens higher on signs of lockdown easing
U.S. stock markets jumped at the open on Friday as some states prepared to relax curbs imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, with a surprise...
Shoes replace protesters as Swiss climate activists obey virus curbs
Green activists placed rows of boots and shoes in a Zurich square to take the place of protesters who normally come out in person on...
U.S. Congress girds for partisan fight on coronavirus aid for cities, states
After passing $3 trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle...
Greene King furloughs over 36,000 employees as pandemic shuts pubs
British pub operator Greene King has furloughed more than 36,000 employees, owner CK Asset Holdings said on Friday, as government measures to halt the spread...
Georgia forges ahead with reopening despite disapproval of Trump, pandemic experts
Georgia pushed ahead with its plan to become the first U.S. state to allow an array of merchants to reopen on Friday following a month-long...
Lebanon advised to extend coronavirus lockdown to May 10
Lebanon’s government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday, but the country’s higher defence council said it...