France close to 21,000 coronavirus deaths
Coronavirus fatalities in France increased steadily on Tuesday to nearly 21,000, but the number of patients in intensive care registered its sharpest decline since the...
Wall Street tumbles as oil crash adds to pandemic fears
Wall Street tumbled for a second straight day on Tuesday as a collapse in U.S. oil prices and glum forecasts by companies foreshadowed the worst...
Strained U.S. mortgage firms get support but push for liquidity facility
The U.S. housing regulator on Tuesday provided some long-awaited relief for mortgage firms facing billions of dollars of missed home loan repayments, although industry officials...
Exclusive: ValueAct eyes Nintendo with stake of over $1.1 billion – letter
Activist investor ValueAct Capital Partners LP has built a stake of over $1.1 billion in Nintendo , according to a letter seen by Reuters, a...
U.S. scientists turn coronavirus into music
U.S. scientists at MIT have translated the novel coronavirus’ spiked protein structure into music in an effort to better understand the pathogen – and ultimately...
Senators call on U.S. cyber officials to defend health sector
A handful of U.S. senators have called on top cybersecurity officials to aggressively protect health and research organizations from potential hacking and other attacks as...
Michigan governor says she has not spoken with Biden about VP role
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday she had not had any conversation with presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden about being his running mate...
Trump is threatening to block immigration over coronavirus. But immigrants are on the frontlines of the pandemic – CNN
Trump is threatening to block immigration over coronavirus. But immigrants are on the frontlines of the pandemic CNN Trump to ‘suspend immigration into the United States’...
Coronavirus preys on inequalities in working class Paris suburb
Resuscitation nurse Aline Lheureux feared there would be trouble in the impoverished Paris suburb where she works when she heard youngsters playing sport in the...
Netherlands extends ban on events, to allow some school openings
The Netherlands on Tuesday extended by three months a ban on major public events, including professional sports and music festivals, until Sept. 1 to prevent...