Cape Town residents break into supermarket during lockdown
Chaotic scenes in two South African cities as lockdown enters third week. Francis Maguire reports....
Defeat virus first, criticise later, WHO envoy says after U.S. funding halt
The World Health Organization’s COVID-19 special envoy on Wednesday urged countries to focus on defeating the deadly virus after the United States halted funding to...
Mourning a ‘supermom’: U.S. health worker casualties mount in virus fight
“Home soon,” Madhvi Aya texted from her hospital bed. “Love you.”...
Report: PGA Tour to restart in Texas on June 11
Golf is coming back with the rescheduled Charles Schwab Challenge on June 11 in Texas, Golf Digest reported....
Ex-Flames coach Peters takes KHL job
Former Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters signed a two-year contract to coach in Russia’s KHL....
Democrat Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Biden but wants to see tougher stances
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress’s leading progressives, told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances...
Oil prices fall after U.S. sees record crude storage build
Oil prices sank on Wednesday after the United States reported its biggest weekly build of crude oil inventories on record, while forecasts showed global demand...
Bank of America gives dour economic outlook, profit falls
Bank of America Corp reported a 48.5% drop in first-quarter net income on Wednesday, warning that it anticipated a recession because of the novel coronavirus...
U.S. crude stocks jump by a record 19 million barrels as refiners cut back: EIA
U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose by 19 million barrels last week, the biggest one-week increase in history, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said, as refiners...
OPEC+ or minus? Oil supply cut numbers puzzle markets
Days after OPEC+ reached a record deal to cut oil output in an attempt to shore up a market reeling from the coronavirus crisis, their...