Explainer: What are ‘coronabonds’?
The coronavirus pandemic has revived the acrimonious debate between euro zone countries about jointly issuing debt to meet healthcare needs and address the deep economic...
Disney suspends pay for 100,000 employees: FT
Walt Disney this week will start to furlough more than 100,000 employees as a response to the global coronavirus outbreak that has shut down or...
South Africa bids to end Lesotho crisis with PM’s ‘immediate’ exit
Lesotho’s government has agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a “dignified retirement” for prime minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement said...
New York governor says ‘don’t need protests to convince anyone’ of anxiety over lockdowns
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he understood why some people are protesting the closing down of businesses in response to the...
Israel’s Netanyahu, rival Gantz sign unity government deal: joint statement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz signed an agreement on Monday to form an emergency coalition government that would...
White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry – Washington Post
White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry Washington Post Senate nears $370 billion deal for coronavirus small...
U.S. crude futures plunge to lowest on record on scant storage, weak demand
Oil prices tumbled on Monday, with the U.S. crude futures contract plunging more than 50% to the lowest price on record, as investors worried about...
Indigenous elders channel tough love in Earth Day film
Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth Day. Francis Maguire reports....
“My staff isn’t here so I do the laundry” – Shaggy on lockdown life
Musician Shaggy says he’s doing his own laundry and cooking in the absence of his domestic sfaff, and also explained that his re-released song “It...
In Spain, coronavirus death counts prompt anger, confusion
Spain already has one of the world’s highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic. But data indicating the true number of fatalities could be much...