Global stocks slip as virus outbreaks dim hopes for rebound
Global shares were mostly lower Tuesday as expanding coronavirus outbreaks dimmed hopes for a global recovery, despite an overnight rally in tech shares that pushed the Nasdaq composite to another record high. France’s CAC 40 dipped nearly 1.0% in early trading to 5,031.31, while Germany’s DAX slipped 1.1% to 12,594.07. Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped More...
UK set to U-turn on EU border checks
The British government is watering down plans for full border checks on goods coming from the European Union to relieve pressure on businesses hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, U.K. media reported Friday. The More...
PM Shinzo Abe’s Ratings Not a Measure of Success in the Fight Against COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed world leaders under intense scrutiny, perhaps the most intense they will experience in their lifetime. Their constituents, especially, have had a lot to say about their leaders’ More...
U.S., Canada, Mexico extend border restrictions
The U.S., Canada and Mexico have extended their agreements to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel to June 21 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says More...
Japan’s economy slips into recession
Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world’s third-largest economy contracting by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the fallout from More...
Mass testing to begin in Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
At least one community in the Chinese city of Wuhan was to begin testing residents for the new coronavirus Thursday after officials were given 10 days to test everyone in the city where the pandemic began, Chinese More...
13 Wounded In Shooting At Chicago Memorial For Slain Person
One person has been charged in connection with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said. The shooting stemmed from a dispute at the memorial More...
Storm Elsa Batters Parts Of Europe, Four Dead
Violent winds and torrential rain battered Spain, Portugal and France overnight leaving at least four people dead, rescuers said Friday, as the region braced for the arrival of another storm. In Portugal, one man More...
Trump Threatens Comey With ‘Years In Jail’ Over Fbi Russia Report
James Comey, the former director of the FBI who has become a prime nemesis of Donald Trump, admitted on Sunday to being responsible for “real sloppiness” over the handling of surveillance of a Trump campaign More...
New Zealand Volcano: Search Resumes For Two Remaining Bodies
New Zealand police say divers have resumed searching the waters near White Island volcano in efforts to retrieve two remaining bodies. At least one body was spotted in the water and rescuers would not return to More...