Germany to ease lockdown as Merkel hails end of very first phase of pandemic
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday announced a range of steps agreed with Germany’s 16 federal state leaders to ease the coronavirus lockdown, saying the first...
Barrick profit jumps on higher gold prices, eyes deals
Barrick Gold Corp posted a nearly 55% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday as gold prices surged, bolstering its ability to snap up mines including...
Exclusive: U.S. drafting pact for moon mining
Sources tell Reuters the White House will soon propose an international agreement governing mining and commerce on the moon, aiming to attract like-minded space-faring countries...
Spanish nurse returns to frontline after battle with virus
A nurse returns to her job treating COVID-19 patients at a hospital near Madrid after spending four weeks recovering from the coronavirus herself. Edward Baran...
Stranded pets, desperate owners split up by coronavirus travel curbs
When Guy Nizan flew to Israel with his wife and daughter for a family emergency in March, Gula – their six-year-old German shepherd mix –...
U.S. Open winner Andreescu stays focused on becoming world No. 1
U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu has discovered a powerful tool to compensate for limited training opportunities amid the COVID-19 lockdown as the Canadian teenager remains...
GM sets May 18 North American restart as profit tops estimates
General Motors Co on Wednesday outlined plans for a May 18 restart of most of its North American plants shut down by the coronavirus pandemic...
Study suggests coronavirus spread swiftly around world in late 2019
A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with COVID-19 suggests the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year...
U.S. private payrolls plunge by a record 20.2 million in April
U.S. private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak savaged the...
Fed’s Bullard: Drop in U.S. payrolls ‘not a surprise’ given shutdowns – CNBC
The massive drop in U.S. private payrolls for April, reported on Wednesday, is “not a surprise” but employment could recover dramatically in the second half...