U.S. House to pass nearly $500 billion more in coronavirus relief
Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, bringing the...
Renault seeks state-backed loan as coronavirus crisis drags on
Renault is in talks with the French government to secure a state-backed loan worth several billion euros by mid-May to shore up its liquidity during...
Eli Lilly reports 15% rise in quarterly sales
Eli Lilly and Co reported a 15.1% rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, boosted by higher sales of its top-selling diabetes drug Trulicity and also...
Germany at odds with Apple on smartphone coronavirus contact tracing
Germany has chosen a home-grown technology for smartphone-based tracing of coronavirus infections, putting it at odds with Apple which has refused on privacy grounds to...
Coronavirus school shutdowns threaten to deepen U.S. ‘digital divide’
Liz Peasley, a special education aide in the rural Grand Coulee Dam School District in Washington State, drives 10 miles from her home on the...
Doha and Riyadh submit bids for 2030 Asian Games
Doha and Riyadh have submitted official bids to host the 2030 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Thursday....
Too poor to buy, too scared to meet: Palestinians face joyless Ramadan
The electric lanterns and ornate decorations of Ramadan would normally be hanging in the streets of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem by now,...
Locked down Catalans mark St. George’s Day with roses on balconies
Stuck at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, inhabitants of Spain’s Catalonia region kept up St. George’s Day traditions on Thursday with roses on balconies...
Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 1,268; positive tests almost 28,500
The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,268, the country’s public health agency said on Thursday, rising from 1,217 people on Wednesday....
AstraZeneca pilots diabetes drug as potential COVID-19 treatment
Britain’s AstraZeneca is testing a diabetes drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19 patients who also had existing heart and kidney problems, its second trial...