Category: World

First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled 2.44 million last week as the tail effects of the coronavirus shutdown continued to…

The United Arab Emirates revised penalties for those who violate rules and will implement expanded Covid-19 measures from Wednesday, officials announced on…

he U.K. borrowed at a negative interest rate for the first time on Wednesday, amid growing fears of a deep…

The coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns have resulted in a significant fall in worldwide carbon emissions, according to a new…

Museums are starting to reopen in some countries as governments ease coronavirus restrictions, but experts warn that one in eight…

How badly will the coronavirus pandemic impact the economy? Does $82 trillion sound not good? That is the scary number…

The World Bank on Tuesday said it had extended emergency support in the campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic to 100…

resident Donald Trump said he is considering imposing a travel ban on Brazil, following the South American country’s deadliest day…

Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday he is not taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive treatment for the coronavirus. “My physician…

European car sales fell dramatically in April as coronavirus lockdowns in the region closed car dealerships and brought a halt…

Fewer Americans are calling their mortgage servicers to ask for relief from mortgage payments, but the housing industry isn’t out…

Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday halted marginal negative sentiment witnessed last Friday to begin…

Oil companies may be facing uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic triggers a collapse in demand for their products, but auto…

By now it’s very clear that the coronavirus pandemic will change the way we work in offices — perhaps indefinitely. Less…

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the U.K. soared in April, as the coronavirus outbreak created mass job…

The leaders of Germany and France proposed Monday a 500 billion-euro ($543 billion) recovery fund for European economies hit by…

Japan has fallen into recession for the first time since 2015 as the financial toll of the coronavirus continues to…

The U.K. could roll out 30 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine as early as September, according to the British…

Saudi Arabia’s economic downturn is about to worsen. Already reeling from the slump in oil prices and lockdowns to halt…

A month after sellers had to pay nearly $40 a barrel to get rid of U.S. oil futures, the next…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte outlined a further loosening of movement restrictions on Saturday, including opening borders to travellers from…

Gone are the days of leisurely browsing the aisles of grocery stores. Instead, customers are getting used to new grocery…

Labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci began studying retirement in 2008, when the Great Recession was making it impossible for millions of Americans to…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is set to restore partial funding to the World Health Organization, Fox News reported late on Friday, citing a…

China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday the United States needed to stop the “unreasonable suppression” of Chinese companies like Huawei. The…

House Democrats on Friday passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, unprecedented spending Senate Republicans have pledged to block as…

Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is plotting a massive spending blitz to back Joe Biden’s quest for the…

Jeff Bezos is already the world’s wealthiest person by a healthy margin and he’s the founder and CEO of one…

An armada of tankers filled with Saudi Arabian crude steaming toward the U.S. threatens to prevent America’s oil glut from…