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...
APRIL 20,2020
Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, right, with Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher speaks in Canberra, Monday, April 20, 2020. Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government said on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
CANBERRA, Australia —...
APRIL 20, 2020
COVID-19 testing
After weeks of sheltering in place, Americans are asking how soon we can return to a more normal life outside our homes. Much of the answer might be in a test.
The first phase of testing has been about determining who has COVID-19. The next phase will be about who had it – or may still be fighting...
APRIL 19, 2020
Deep in the Chinese wilderness, virologists found something unusual in the blood of people living near a mysterious cave full of bats.
A scientist from the Wuhan Institute of Virology collects samples from the Yunnan bat cave, the exact location of which is a closely guarded secret. Picture: EcoHealth AllianceSource:Supplied
In 2004, deep in the wilderness of China’s Yunnan...
APRIL 19, 2020
People watch firefighter Elielson Silva play his trumpet from the top of a ladder for residents cooped up at home, during a lockdown to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 5, 2020. A survey by the polling firm Datafolha in the opening days of April found that 76%...
APRIL 19, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Amid rising tensions with governors, President Donald Trump continued to tout the number of coronavirus tests in the United States, insisting that the issue is being politicized and that the...
