We had to put a ‘stop’ to the economy to save lives: WH
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany on Friday was asked about the U.S. economy that lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge...
WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may have the...
White House won’t consider another stimulus bill in May -Kudlow
The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings...
Wall Street jumps as historic job losses fewer than feared
Major U.S. stock indexes jumped on Friday and logged solid gains for the week after data on historic job losses due to the coronavirus crisis...
Report: MLS considering plan to restart in Orlando
With MLS players starting to return to their teams’ respective training facilities, the league is considering a resumption of the season in June or July,...
Tesla has not received ‘green light’ to resume production: California county health official
Tesla Inc has not been allowed to resume operations at its California vehicle factory as local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges, Bolsonaro readies troops
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April, government data showed on Friday, as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the...
Paraguay calls spread of coronavirus in neighboring Brazil ‘a great threat’
The fast spread of the coronavirus in Brazil represents “a great threat” to Paraguay, which has managed to contain the advance of the pandemic over...
Top Pence aide, married to key Trump adviser, diagnosed with coronavirus
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, the wife of one of President Donald Trump’s senior advisors, has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarm...
To mention or not to mention WHO, that is U.N. Security Council question
For more than six weeks the U.N. Security Council has been trying to agree on a resolution to confront the coronavirus pandemic, only to be...