U.N. gathering of world leaders unlikely to be ‘business as usual’
The United Nations is looking at different ways to hold its 75th annual gathering of world leaders – traditionally held in New York City –...
Cases of children with rare inflammatory syndrome spike in Italy and France
Doctors in northern Italy, one of the areas hardest hit by the new coronavirus, and in France have reported spikes in cases of a rare...
Epic Games online store down after reports of free ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ offering
Fortnite-creator Epic Games’ digital videogame store was down on Thursday as it recorded huge traffic after reports that it was giving the premium edition of...
‘I should have stopped them’ – Note left at slain Ahmaud Arbery’s memorial
The family of Ahmaud Arbery, the black jogger whose fatal shooting in Georgia triggered a national outcry, appealed on Thursday for any new witness to...
Britons hold eighth week of applause for carers
Britons joined in a weekly nationwide round of applause on Thursday to pay tribute to care workers and hospital staff as the country gingerly starts...
U.S. Senate votes to extend government surveillance tools
The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a 2-1/2-year extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Thursday, two months after the divisive provisions...
German coronavirus reproduction rate remains below critical threshold
The reproduction rate for the coronavirus in Germany remained below the key threshold of 1 according to both the conventional calculation method and a new,...
Disney reaches deal with Walt Disney World unions on safeguards for returning to work
Walt Disney Co and unions representing workers at Florida’s Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from coronavirus, a union...
Breakingviews TV: Debt delusion
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are being asked to cancel some poor countries’ debt. The plan is well meaning, but a bad idea....
Sanofi says COVID-19 vaccine will be available worldwide simultaneously
Sanofi will ensure that a potential vaccine against COVID-19, if approved, reaches all regions of the world at the same time, the chairman of the...