Germany Eyes Lifting Borders Curbs With 31 Countries Including The UK
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government issued an unprecedented worldwide travel warning to Germans on 17 March…
U.S. Stock Futures Rise 2% to 3,012 Points
U.S. stock futures rose 2% on Tuesday and breached a major chart barrier as investors brushed aside China-U.S.…
World Shares Reach 10-Week High, S&P 500 Eyeing 3000
World shares forged ahead on Tuesday and commodity markets drove higher as well, as investors disregarded Sino-U.S.…
OECD Countries Log Worst Quarterly Contraction In GDP Since The Financial Crisis
Gross domestic product (GDP) across OECD countries fell by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2020 as Covid-19…
Nigeria: Economy Ends Q1 Strong Despite Pandemic — Expands By 1.87%
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.87% in the first quarter of 2020, a new report by the National…
All Non—Essential Shops To Reopen From 15 June — Boris Johnson
All non-essential retailers will be able to reopen in England from 15 June, Boris Johnson has announced, as part of…
China And India Have Fueled Global Growth For Years. That Engine Has Stalled
Since the Great Recession following the 2008 financial crisis, China and India have powered much of the world's…
China Becomes Large Shareholder In Norwegian Air Shuttle
Aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation, controlled by the Chinese state, has become a major shareholder in Norwegian…
Nigeria: Lagos Reduces 2020 Budget By 21%
The Lagos State government has commenced a downward review of the year 2020 budget as a result of the negative…
Nigeria’s Economy Slows By -0.68% In First Quarter Of 2020 – NBS
Nigeria’s economy witnessed a slow-paced growth of -0.68% in the first quarter of 2020 as the country’s Gross…
Dominic Cummings Refuses To Resign Or Apologise For Lockdown Breach
The crisis that has engulfed the government over Dominic Cummings’ conduct continued to rage unabated after an…
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Rocket Fails On Debut Flight
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company has tried unsuccessfully to launch a rocket over the Pacific Ocean.
The…
Dow Jones Futures Jump On Memorial Day
Dow Jones futures rose solidly Monday afternoon, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S.…
Nissan, Renault Set To Announce Massive Cuts
The alliance of Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. is set to disclose billions of dollars in cost cuts this week and…
Coronavirus: Spain To Stop Quarantining Arrivals From 1 July
Foreign visitors to Spain will no longer have to undergo a two-week quarantine from 1 July, the government has…
Europe Could Target Silicon Valley With Taxes To Help It Rebound From The…
Tech giants could be forced to pay higher taxes in Europe as governments search for new revenue to deal with…
Gucci Bids Farewell To Fashion Week As Brand Goes Seasonless
Fashion week is over, according to Gucci. In a virtual press conference broadcast from his Rome studio, the label’s…
Lufthansa And German Government Agree $9.8 Billion Rescue Package
The German government and Lufthansa, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, have reached a…
Easing Europe Confident Of Avoiding Coronavirus Lockdown Sequel
While most European countries failed to contain the coronavirus outbreak when it reached them in February and…
Virgin Orbit’s First Test Launch Postponed
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit postponed its first space launch Sunday due to a technical problem.
The company…
German Economy Enters Recession As GDP Falls 2.2%
The German economy posted its largest decline in output since the financial crisis in the first quarter and entered…
Volkswagen Loses Landmark German ‘Dieselgate’ Case
Germany's highest civil court has ruled that Volkswagen must pay compensation to a motorist who had bought one of…
Trump Suspends Travel From Brazil As Coronavirus Pandemic Worsens In South America
President Donald Trump is suspending travel from Brazil to the U.S. as the coronavirus pandemic worsens in Latin…
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Broadcast On Live TV Interrupted By Earthquake
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was broadcast reacting live on television during a 5.8 magnitude…
Jaguar Land Rover Furloughs Half Of Workforce
About 20,000 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) workers - half of its staff - have been furloughed because of the pandemic.…
China Says Pursuit Of China Compensation Is A ‘Daydream’
The United States should stop wasting time in its fight against the coronavirus and work with China to combat…
Musk’s Rockets To Carry NASA Astronauts To International Space Station Wednesday…
It all started with the dream of growing a rose on Mars.
That vision, Elon Musk’s vision, morphed into a…
Entire Western Australia Coast To Be Battered By ‘Once-In-A-Decade’…
A massive “once-in-a-decade” storm is expected to hit Australia’s entire west coast on Sunday and Monday, bringing…
China Said It Could Have Set GDP Growth Around 6% Had There Been No Coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s annual economic growth target could have been set around 6% had the new…
Coronavirus Patients Treated With Trump-Touted Hydroxychloroquine At Higher Risk…
Hospitalized Covid-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug President Donald…