Keepers, animals keep each other company at Cairo’s shuttered zoo
The chimpanzees, lions and hippos of Cairo’s zoo are getting a rare spell of peace and quiet alone with their keepers as a closure caused...
Breakingviews TV: Out of cash
Quarantines and fear of contagion in a pandemic have sharply reduced the opportunities to use cash. Meanwhile retailers are pushing digital money as they try...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to make rare address to nation over coronavirus
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will make an extremely rare nationwide address to the nation on Sunday as it grapples with an increasingly deadly coronavirus outbreak....
Great British lockdown: bread-making frenzy sweeps the UK
Brits aren’t known for being the best cooks, but as the coronavirus lockdown continues, a baking frenzy has taken hold to such an extent that...
Silver lining? Russia’s Cossacks don modified masks against coronavirus
Cossacks and police officers enforcing the coronavirus lockdown in Russia’s western city of Kaliningrad have donned modified face masks that local scientists say can be...
Russia to halt flights bringing Russians home overnight on Friday: Ifax cites sources
Russia will suspend all flights bringing Russians home from abroad from Friday night, the Interfax news agency cited sources as saying, without giving a reason....
UK death toll rises to 3,605, up 23% in a day
The United Kingdom’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 684 to 3,605 as of 1600 GMT on April 2, up 23 percent on the...
Wall Street set to open lower as record jobs growth halts
Wall Street was set to open lower on Friday as the novel coronavirus brought the longest U.S. employment expansion on record to a shuddering halt,...
U.S. small banks have processed more than 700 small business relief loans for $2.5 million: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that community banks have processed hundreds of small-business loans aimed at shoring up the economy during the...
Ford CEO Hackett received $17.4 million in 2019 compensation
Ford Motor Co said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett’s total compensation fell to $17.4 million in 2019 from $17.8 million in 2018....
