Federal Reserve to expand reach of Main Street lending program
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday said it was expanding the scope and eligibility of its soon-to-launch “Main Street Lending Program” to reach a greater...
McDonald’s profit misses estimates, shares drop 4%
McDonald’s Corp missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday as some restaurants in Europe and elsewhere remained closed to curb the spread of...
UK privacy advocates warn over COVID-19 contact tracing app
Leading privacy advocates in Britain have urged the government to prevent a soon-to-be launched COVID-19 contact tracing app from turning into a form of state...
Millions of Americans continue to seek jobless benefits; consumer spending tanks
Millions more Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, suggesting that layoffs were spreading to industries that were not initially directly impacted by business...
Arab foreign ministers condemns Israeli plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank
Arab countries condemned Israel’s plan to de facto annex parts of the occupied West Bank as a “new war crime” against Palestinians, the Arab League...
Ukraine says still far from ‘all for all’ prisoner swaps with Russia
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday that Kiev and Moscow were still far from finalising a prisoner swap of all inmates....
Coronavirus no excuse to block peace monitoring in Eastern Ukraine: foreign ministers
The coronavirus epidemic must not be used as an excuse to hinder the work of international observers monitoring the ceasefire in force in Eastern Ukraine,...
Militants, fringe groups exploiting COVID-19, warns EU anti-terrorism chief
The coronavirus pandemic is fuelling extremism on the far-right and far-left in Europe and giving Islamic State and other militants cover to regain influence, the...
New dad Johnson holds cabinet meeting amid coronavirus criticism
A day after his fiancé gave birth, Prime Minister Boris Johnson led a meeting of his top ministers on Thursday to discuss how to ease...
Beijing denies Trump claim China wants him to lose re-election
Beijing has no interest in interfering in the U.S. election, China’s foreign ministry said, after President Donald Trump said China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak...
