Futures rise on optimism over economic revival
U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as a surprisingly upbeat jobs report last week added to optimism that the world’s biggest economy has weathered...
EasyJet CEO says legal case against UK quarantine is strong
Britain’s quarantine plan was rushed into existence, is out of proportion and should be challenged in the courts, according to the head of easyJet which...
Felling of slave trader statue prompts fresh look at British history
The toppling by anti-racism protesters of a statue of a slave trader in the English port city of Bristol has given new urgency to a...
Mask-wearing worshippers in temples as India reopens amid rise in coronavirus cases
India reopened shopping malls and restaurants on Monday and people trickled into temples and mosques wearing masks even as the country added a record number...
Stocks inch up on quick economic revival hopes
World stocks inched higher on Monday, adding to a 42% surge from their March lows, as a surprise jump in last week’s U.S. employment data...
PG&E expects to raise $5.75 billion from public offerings to fund bankruptcy exit
Power provider PG&E Corp said on Monday it plans to raise $5.75 billion from public offerings to partially fund its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
Congressional Democrats to unveil sweeping U.S. police reform proposal after Floyd death
U.S. congressional Democrats on Monday plan to unveil a sweeping package of legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice, after two weeks of protests...
U.S. Fed’s Main Street lending facility likely to start with a whimper
The Federal Reserve’s most ambitious and complicated crisis relief program is set to launch in coming days but it is far from certain that the...
“I did a little dance” says Ardern of zero virus cases
New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus and will lift all containment measures except for border curbs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday,...
Exclusive: Half of Singapore’s new COVID-19 cases are symptomless, taskforce head says
At least half of Singapore’s newly discovered coronavirus cases show no symptoms, the co-head of the government’s virus taskforce told Reuters on Monday, reinforcing the...