Fed likely to renew pledge to use all tools to brace economy
The Federal Reserve, which has pumped trillions in emergency funding into U.S. financial markets to stem the damage from the coronavirus pandemic, is expected on...
Wall Street jumps on hopes of potential coronavirus drug
U.S. stocks opened higher on Wednesday after Gilead Sciences gave an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment, while upbeat earnings reports from Boeing and...
Brazil supreme court bars Ramagem appointment as federal police chief: ruling
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday granted an injunction suspending the appointment of Alexandre Ramagem as chief of the country’s federal police,...
Boeing to cut workforce by 10% and reduce 787 production due to pandemic
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would cut its workforce by about 10% and further reduce 787 Dreamliner production after reporting a loss for the...
KFC operator Yum’s same-store sales, profit as lockdowns bite
Yum Brands Inc reported a 7% fall in quarterly comparable store sales on Wednesday, as many restaurants across its brands were closed or limited to...
Ramadan in quarantine: Turks fast solo after mass repatriation
As the coronavirus epidemic took hold, Duygu Yucelen – like thousands of her fellow Turks – made the decision to fly home to be with...
Canoeing: Housebound paddlers frustrated by lockdown, fear no more events in 2020
British paracanoe athlete Charlotte Henshaw has said that the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to...
Guinea-Bissau PM and three ministers test positive for COVID-19
Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for the novel coronavirus alongside three members of his cabinet, the health ministry said on Wednesday....
Swiss extend ban on events exceeding 1,000 people through August
The Swiss government will restrict events with more than 1,000 people until the end of August, it said on Wednesday, even as it announced the...
Romanian Church condemns posters depicting doctors and nurses as saints
Romania’s Orthodox Church said on Wednesday a series of outdoor posters depicting nurses and doctors on the frontlines of the new coronavirus outbreak as saints...
