Economy & Business
Global death toll passes 100,000
The worldwide death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passed 100,000 on Friday, and the United States was on the brink of surpassing ...Global virus death toll nears 100,000, but some signs of hope
Another horror day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 94,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that ...World faces new ‘Great Depression’ as virus toll mounts
World powers scrambled on Thursday to build a global response to the human tragedy and once-in-a-century economic collapse caused by the coronavirus ...EU nations seek breakthrough to clinch virus rescue
EU finance ministers will resume efforts on Thursday to agree a rescue plan for Europe’s hardest-hit nations after The Netherlands blocked a ...India’s poor hit hardest by virus lockdown
With his rickshaw sitting idle outside his one-room shack, Sailesh Kumar is one of the hundreds of millions of poor Indians hit ...Virus attacks global economy as Europe, US deaths mount
The coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s major economies and could spiral into the deepest global recession in generations, experts warned Wednesday, ...EU rescue talks fail as Netherlands blocks virus compromise
EU finance ministers failed on Wednesday to agree on a rescue plan to help hard hit member states face the coronavirus outbreak, ...Virus may spark ‘devastating’ global condom shortage
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world’s top maker of the ...Denmark to reopen day cares, schools on April 15
Denmark plans to reopen day care centres and schools on April 15 as a first step to gradually relax a three-week lockdown ...Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel warns on EU’s future as US braces for worst of virus
European leaders battling a deadly coronavirus outbreak are facing the “biggest test” to their union, Germany’s leader said Monday, as the United ...