International

Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 09:06 UTC
Pompeo pressing China to allow inspections of sensitive laboratories

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday pressed China to allow inspectors into sensitive laboratories, voicing concern about their security amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
WHO warns, “Make no mistake: We have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time”

World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis would not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global death toll surpassed 180,000.
Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC
UK to test 20.000 households for COVID-19 to establish how fast the disease has spread

Britain's government plans to test a sample of 20,000 English households for COVID-19 in the coming weeks to try to establish how far the disease has spread across the country.
Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:46 UTC
The Short-term Liquidity Line: A New IMF Tool to Help in the Crisis

By Geoffrey Okamoto – The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy at every level. Across the world, financial conditions have tightened dramatically, with unprecedented portfolio outflows from emerging markets in terms of both size (a record of about US$100 billion) and speed, and markets effectively frozen in some cases. This has created sizable demand for U.S. dollar liquidity, with emerging markets facing sharp liquidity shortages.
Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC
Two New York pet cats test positive for COVID-19; no evidence of animal-human contagion

Two cats in New York have become the first pets in the United States to test positive for the new coronavirus but there is no evidence pets can spread the virus to humans, according to US health authorities.
Thursday, April 23rd 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Trump allows US Navy to shoot Iranian gunboats “out of the water” if they get too close

US Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close “out of the water,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after 11 vessels from Iran's elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Trump orders a plan to aid US struggling oil companies with massive supply glut

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered his administration to come up with a plan to aid US oil companies struggling with a massive supply glut and record low crude prices. “We will never let the great U.S. Oil & Gas Industry down,” Trump tweeted.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:55 UTC
UK COVID-19 deaths far higher than government numbers, says the Stats Office

The true extent of Britain's COVID-19 death toll was more than 40% higher than the government's daily figures indicated as of Apr 10, according to data that put the country on track to become among the worst-hit in Europe.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:48 UTC
WHO insists with bats; claims no evidence to suggest coronavirus was manipulated in Chinese lab

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests that the novel coronavirus originated in bats in China late last year and it was not manipulated or constructed in a lab.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 08:45 UTC
Netflix booming and with soaring profits thanks to global lockdown

Netflix on Tuesday reported soaring profits as paid subscriptions surged by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.