U.S. car rental firm Hertz names new CEO
Hertz Global Holdings Inc on Monday appointed Paul Stone as its chief executive officer days after the U.S. car rental company raised going-concern doubts following...
Irish drone operator bins fast food for medical drops
Ireland’s Manna Aero should have been dropping off its first takeaway orders around a Dublin university campus by drone in March but then the coronavirus...
Vatican, Italy resume public church services as lockdown eases
Pope Francis inaugurated the full reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Monday and Catholic churches across Italy held public Masses for the...
A California cafe reopens with a payroll loan, but the future unclear
Chris and Amy Hillyard opened their Oakland, California restaurant late last month for the first time since mid-March, thanks in large part to a government...
Breakingviews TV: Bright spot
SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has no shortage of problems, including money-losing bets like WeWork and Uber. But, as Liam Proud explains, a governance shakeup...
Wall St set to jump on stimulus, vaccine hopes
U.S. stock indexes were set to open sharply higher on Monday on optimism fueled by encouraging data from a potential COVID-19 vaccine trial, with investors...
Russian army sets up mobile hospital to fight coronavirus at Siberian gold mine
Russia’s defence ministry is setting up a mobile field hospital at the largest Siberian mine of the country’s top gold producer, Polyus, to treat miners...
Sweden reports its biggest ever quake caused by mining in Arctic
Sweden reported its biggest ever earthquake caused by mining on Monday at an iron ore mine north of the Arctic Circle run by state firm...
Trump administration ready for more coronavirus aid if needed: Hassett
The Trump administration is prepared to take further steps if needed to shore up the nation’s economy during the novel coronavirus outbreak, but any final...
Greeks return to beaches, keep umbrellas apart
Thousands of Greeks flocked to the seaside on Saturday (May 16) when more than 500 organized beaches reopened, as the country sought to walk the...