Former Trump campaign aide Manafort released to home confinement: ABC News
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been released to serve his prison term at home due to the novel coronavirus outbreak,...
Futures climb ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s address
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, after Wall Street’s main indexes fell sharply in the previous session, with markets also awaiting comments from Federal...
Airline SAS to require face masks on all flights
Swedish-Danish airline SAS said on Wednesday wearing a face mask would be compulsory on all its flights through to the end of August to reduce...
France’s bookstores fight for survival after coronavirus lockdown
Neighbourhood bookstores in France survived the television and later the advent of online shopping. Then came the coronavirus lockdown, an eight-week-long hiatus that has weighed...
UK PM Johnson says 275 health and social care workers have died from COVID-19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that the deaths of 144 health care workers and 131 social care workers had been reported as...
MUFG puts oil sands, Arctic drilling on ‘restricted transactions’ list
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Wednesday it has put oil sands extraction and drilling for crude oil and gas in the Arctic on its...
Exclusive: Farah feels Tokyo delay could help 10,000m title defence
Multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah says the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 could work to his advantage as the Briton will now have...
Remote Lesotho becomes last country in region to record COVID-19 case
Lesotho recorded its first case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the health ministry said, becoming the last country in southern and East Africa to be afflicted...
Merkel wants to improve ties with Russia despite hacking
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would continue efforts to improve ties with Russia despite hacking attacks which do not make that any...
Coronavirus drains Vatican coffers as income falls, deficits loom
Late last month, the Vatican announced the coronavirus pandemic had forced Pope Francis to postpone an annual fund raising campaign among Catholics worldwide to help...