APRIL 23, 2020
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said co-operation between the Centre and States is essential in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, which met for the second time after the lockdown came into force on March 25, the Congress leader said, "Success of lockdown is to be judged...
APRIL 22, 2020
President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
APRIL 22, 2020
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
The order, an election-year move likely to prove popular with his conservative base, is to last for 60...
APRIL 22, 2020
CDC director tries to walk back remarks on coronavirus. - Getty Images
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield on Wednesday tried to temper remarks he made about the threat of a second wave of the novel coronavirus, saying the thrust of his comments was meant to urge Americans to embrace the vaccine for...
APRIL 22, 2020
A customer provides a finger print scan while connecting a mobile phone to the carrier Reliance Jio, the mobile network of Reliance Industries Ltd., at a mobile phone store in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries began offering mobile services last month under the Jio brand.
Facebook Inc. will invest $5.7 billion...
APRIL 21, 2020
A bug in a federal government website exposed the personal information of thousands of small-business owners applying for Economic Injury Disaster Loans last month.
A representative for the Small Business Administration confirmed the leak to Business Insider, saying that a total of 7,913 applicants' information was potentially exposed.
Businesses have applied for disaster loans in large numbers as...
APRIL 21, 2020
GENEVA - 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.
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that his government was trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab...
APRIL 20, 2020
GENEVA — The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing its spread.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify why he believes the outbreak that has infected some 2.5 million people and killed over...
APRIL 20, 2020
U.S. crude oil futures turned negative Monday for the first time in history as storage space was filling up, discouraging buyers as weak economic data from Germany and Japan cast doubt on when fuel consumption will recover.
Physical demand for crude has dried up, creating a global supply glut as billions of people stay home to slow the...
APRIL 20, 2020
Oil plunged to the lowest level since 1986 as a deadly pandemic ravaging global economies threatens to erase an entire decade of demand growth, slashing thousands of jobs and wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars from company valuations.
Traders fled the May contract ahead of Tuesday’s expiration. Industrial and economic activity is grinding to a halt as...
