Coronavirus crisis tests Trump’s love for cheap oil
President Trump is working to help an oil industry imploding as the coronavirus crisis chokes demand, but listen closely and you’ll hear his enduring love for cheap prices. Why it Continue Reading
IPSOS study finds private cars jump to 1st place as preferred means of transport in China; protection against infection
In a recent study by the market research institute Ipsos , two out of three respondents say that they prefer their own car to public transport—twice as many as before Continue Reading
China sees rise in asymptomatic coronavirus cases
Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to Continue Reading
Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases
BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as Continue Reading
Europe prepares to ease coronavirus lockdowns
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Global downturn due to coronavirus ‘way worse’ than global financial crisis: IMF
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and plunged the world into a recession that will be “way worse” than the global financial Continue Reading
Global Coronavirus Cases Top One Million, as Economic Toll Mounts
Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus world-wide surpassed one million Thursday, a grim milestone for the pandemic as governments deploy increasingly stringent measures to battle its spread and a record Continue Reading
Putin extends Russia’s coronavirus non-working period until April 30
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid non-working period across Russia, stepping up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus just a week after the Kremlin Continue Reading
‘The Fields Heal Everyone’: Post-Soviet Leaders’ Coronavirus Denial
The leaders of several former Soviet republics in Central Asia and elsewhere are still denying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic , weeks after most other governments abandoned that approach. Continue Reading
In poor countries, the lockdown cure could be worse than disease
Prime minister Narendra Modi warned that if India did not get the next 21 days right it would risk wiping out the gains of 21 years. In South Africa, Cyril Continue Reading