Brazil coronavirus cases hit daily record as Bolsonaro pressures CEOs
Brazil registered a daily record 13,944 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, as President Jair Bolsonaro urged business leaders to push for lifting...
In Amazon city, indigenous chief felled by COVID-19 buried with dance and singing
He had asked them to sing and dance at his funeral, and that is how they said goodbye to Chief Messias Kokama on Thursday....
India’s farmers gather record wheat crop, but cannot move it
Late last month, Sukrampal had to beg and borrow farmhands from nearby villages to gather his part of the country’s largest-ever wheat harvest in Haryana...
Asian stocks set to rise on optimism of post-lockdown recovery, stimulus
Asian stocks were set to rise on Friday amid investor optimism about the re-opening of the U.S. economy from coronavirus lockdowns and possibly more stimulus...
Facing starvation, Venezuelans turn to cow blood
Since Venezuela went into its coronavirus lockdown, dozens of needy people have been lining up at a slaughterhouse in the western town of San Cristobal...
NASCAR releases May-June schedule
NASCAR will hold 13 races between May 30 and June 21 but no fans will be in attendance in an effort to stem the spread...
Hundreds protest Michigan stay-at-home order
Hundreds gathered to protest Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order on Thursday in Lansing, the third but smallest major demonstration at the state’s Capitol since...
U.S. issues first coronavirus workplace guidance to nursing homes
The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care...
Scuffles at Michigan anti-lockdown protest
Armed protesters yet again descended on Michigan’s state Capitol on Thursday denouncing the governor’s stay-at-home order extension. Gavino Garay has more....
Americans bulk up on home gym equipment to stay fit while staying at home
Once the coronavirus pandemic forced her Orangetheory gym to close, Chiaki Osaka was eager to stay in shape while staying inside her home in Cupertino,...