Global travel disruption worsened Tuesday in response to the widening coronavirus emergency, as South Korea neared 1,000 cases and Iran reported 16 deaths, though financial markets largely avoided a repeat Continue Reading
San Fiorano is one of the Italian towns on lockdown Major outbreaks of the new coronavirus have suddenly been detected in both Italy and Iran in the past few days. Continue Reading
The global spread of covid-19 seems to have exploded in recent days, with outbreaks revealed in Iran and Italy and a massive increase in cases in South Korea. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Continue Reading
Iraq shut schools and universities on Tuesday and told citizens to avoid mass gatherings, as it rushed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from its neighbor Iran, hit by Continue Reading
The OPEC+ group should not be complacent about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on oil demand, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told reporters on Tuesday, a Continue Reading
President Donald Trump on Tuesday predicted the coronavirus is “going to go away” despite warnings from Democrats that his White House is asleep amid cresting fears in Washington that the Continue Reading
The comments were made in separate briefings to lawmakers and reporters on Tuesday, marking an escalation in tone and urgency. “Ultimately we expect we will see community spread in the Continue Reading
As Chinese business shutdowns extended past the traditional Lunar New Year holiday into February, and workers stayed home from factories and ports, “it became pretty clear…that we were looking at Continue Reading
Federal health officials starkly warned on Tuesday that the new coronavirus will almost certainly spread in the United States, and that hospitals, businesses and schools should begin making preparations. “It’s Continue Reading
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters in December. (Evan Vucci/AP) Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told The Washington Post late Monday that investors should Continue Reading
