Economy & Business
EU haggles over virus rescue deal as WHO warns pandemic far from over
Bitterly divided EU leaders will try Thursday to hammer out a huge coronavirus rescue package, as the WHO warned the pandemic is ...Europe races to shield virus-hit firms from bargain hunters
Fears that cash-rich corporate raiders could use the coronavirus crisis to swoop on weakened European firms were perhaps best exemplified by Donald ...Spain to let children out, aims for lockdown easing by late May
Spain aims to begin winding down its coronavirus lockdown in the second half of May, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, ...‘Hunger pandemic’ fears as virus roils world economy
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warned ...Nissan to close global HQ, other Japan sites through May 10 due to virus
Nissan Motor Co said on Tuesday it will shut its global headquarters in Japan for 16 days through early May to contain ...Donald Trump says he will suspend all immigration to the US to fight coronavirus
President Donald Trump said Monday that he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the ...Oil prices tank, as Americans protest virus stay-at-home orders
Oil prices crashed into negative territory Monday after coronavirus lockdowns around the globe shrivelled demand, as US demonstrators once again took to ...WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded virus alarm from start
The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had ...Europe takes cautious steps to ease virus lockdowns
Germany and other parts of Europe took tentative steps to ease lockdown measures on Monday but officials warned the battle against the ...South Korea relaxes some social distancing rules as new virus cases fall
South Korea extended its social distancing policy for another 16 days on Sunday but offered some relief for churches and sporting fixtures, ...