International

Monday, April 13th 2020 - 12:14 UTC
Tenor Bocelli performs “The Music for Hope” from Milan's Duomo

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed a solo Easter concert from an empty Milan Cathedral streamed live to millions of people around the world in coronavirus lockdown. “The Music for Hope” performance, which was streamed on YouTube from Milan's Duomo cathedral, has been watched more than 22 million times so far.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:54 UTC
Oil prices recover modestly following a historic deal by world's largest producers

Oil prices jumped on Monday after swinging wildly in early trading as investors weighed whether a historic deal by the world’s biggest producers to cut output would be enough to steady a market pummeled by the coronavirus.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:30 UTC
EU agrees massive emergency Euros 500bn fund; Germany says “nein” to mutual guaranteed coronabonds

European Union finance ministers have agreed on a massive emergency package designed to ensure that member-states hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic will have the necessary resources to rebuild their economies.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
LATAM suspends all international flights until May

Latin America's biggest airline, the Brazilian-Chilean group LATAM, is suspending all international flights until May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:15 UTC
Mexico has its oil protected by a sovereign hedge ensuring against low prices

While Mexico and Saudi Arabia fought over a deal to bring the oil-price war to an end, Mexico has a powerful defense: a massive Wall Street hedge shielding it from low prices. The Mexican sovereign oil hedge, which ensures the country against low prices and is considered a state secret, is a factor that may make the country less inclined to accept the OPEC+ agreement.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:44 UTC
Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while in the Ecuador embassy

Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, a report on Sunday said. The 48-year-old Australian is allegedly the dad of two boys - aged two and one - born to South African-born lawyer Stella Morris, the Mail on Sunday reported.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:41 UTC
FAO: Global cereals stock to-use-ratio “comfortable”; bumper crops of corn in Southern Hemisphere

FAO's forecast for 2020 world wheat production remains unchanged in March from the previous month, at the near-record level of last year, which, coupled with ample inventories, will help shield food markets from turmoil during the coronavirus storm.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
Food Prices declines sharply in March except rice as countries stockpile

World food prices declined sharply in March, driven mostly by demand-side contractions linked to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in global oil prices due mostly to expectations of economic slowdown as governments roll out restrictions designed to respond to the health crisis.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
EU planning measures to prevent threat of Chinese takeovers of companies shares

The European Union's competition chief told the Financial Times that member countries should buy stakes in companies to counter the threat of Chinese takeovers, with her comments coming as the EU formulates plans to protect its businesses amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Francis prayed for Covid 19 victims in a live stream Easter Sunday message from an empty Vatican

Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented live-stream Easter Sunday message delivered from a hauntingly empty Vatican to a world under lockdown.