Breakingviews TV: India’s chance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $266 bln support package, at 10% of GDP, is stimulus large enough to rival rich countries. The figure may be too...
Equities slide, bonds rise, on Fed warning of prolonged recession
Stock markets slid on Wednesday as fears about a second wave of coronavirus infections and as warnings from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the...
U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing presidential Electoral College dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday began hearing a dispute involving whether “electors” in the complex Electoral College system that decides the winner of U.S....
Former US attorney on judge’s ‘outrageous’ decision in Flynn case: I thought I’d ‘seen everything’ – Fox News
Former US attorney on judge’s ‘outrageous’ decision in Flynn case: I thought I’d ‘seen everything’ Fox News I signed the call for William Barr to resign....
Switzerland launches rescue package for soccer and ice hockey
Switzerland has announced a 350 million Swiss franc ($362 million) rescue package for its professional soccer and ice hockey leagues but insists the money should...
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released from prison due to coronavirus concerns – CNN
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released from prison due to coronavirus concerns CNN Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus...
Kazakhstan to reopen mosques, hotels, restaurants, passenger trains
Kazakhstan will reopen places of worship, hotels, and small cafes and restaurants from May 18, the government said on Wednesday, two months after the Central...
PM Johnson says rising infection rates abroad are warning for UK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that increasing rates of infection in other countries which have relaxed some rules to tackle the coronavirus...
Canada, U.S. appear likely to extend travel restrictions until June 21: Canadian sources
Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on non-essential travel until June 21 amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, two Canadian...
Egypt presses on with new capital in the desert amid virus outbreak
While Egypt’s economy has stumbled due to the coronavirus outbreak, construction at a new capital taking shape east of Cairo is continuing at full throttle...