-
Coronavirus hits German businesses with ‘full fury’
Apr 24, 2020 08:35The coronavirus pandemic, which continues to take its toll on the world’s population and the economy, has hit businesses in Germany “with full fury,” according to a survey.
-
Harassment of Indian Muslims rises over COVID-19 rumors
Apr 24, 2020 05:36Indians are apparently looking for a coronavirus scapegoat as the country’s Muslim population is widely reporting that they are being harassed over rumors of spreading the new virus.
-
US coronavirus deaths top 49,000, averaging 2,000 lives lost a day
Apr 24, 2020 04:46US coronavirus deaths topped 49,000 on Thursday as the number of lives lost in April rises by an average of 2,000 a day.
-
Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say
Apr 24, 2020 03:17US workers who refuse to return to their jobs because they are worried about catching the coronavirus should not count on getting unemployment benefits, state officials and labor law experts say.
-
China dismisses US allegations on COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 24, 2020 00:11China has once again dismissed as disinformation allegations by the United States that Beijing covered up the COVID-19 outbreak.
-
Coronavirus was spreading in US weeks earlier than thought, health official says
Apr 23, 2020 23:59The coronavirus began circulating in January in the US state if California, weeks earlier than thought, and early deaths were likely mistaken for the flu, according to a local health official.
-
UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 13:53The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
-
Coronavirus lockdown causes large-scale lay-offs in Pakistan’s Karachi
Apr 23, 2020 09:54Broken promises, health issues and hunger in Pakistan. The lockdown is not yet over, but these workers have been told not to come to office as factories have no demand for exports.
-
Record US jobless claims wipe out post-Great Recession employment gains
Apr 23, 2020 09:52A record 26 million Americans sought unemployment benefits over the last five weeks, confirming that all the jobs created during the longest employment boom in US history were wiped out in about a month as the novel coronavirus savages the economy.
-
Life will not return to normal in near future: Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon
Apr 23, 2020 09:41Life is unlikely to return to normal even when the tightest coronavirus restrictions are lifted, and social distancing measures could be in place for the rest of this year and beyond, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday.