Author: Reuters

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had put the wartime Defense Production Act into action to aid the fight … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday capped a tumultuous week as Americans faced sweeping life changes and massive Wall Street losses amid the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak by … Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Looking for liquid courage to help you survive the pandemic? Rest assured, New York will permit liquor stores to remain open, even as Governor Andrew Cuomo … Read More

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street wrapped up its worst week since October 2008, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 sliding more than 4% … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating jumped to a more than two-year high, according to an opinion poll published on Friday, showing his handling of the coronavirus … Read More

(Reuters) – Three U.S. states – California, New York and Illinois – have issued similar statewide “stay at home” orders directing more than 72 million residents to remain in their … Read More

(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey told CNBC on Friday that a vote in the Senate on a coronavirus economic aid package is likely to take place early next … Read More

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack in Iraq last week … Read More

By John Irish and Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) – Hospitals in Paris are scrambling to find more intensive care beds, ventilators and medical staff ahead of an expected spike in … Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street retreated on Friday after New York ordered residents to stay home, rattling investors who had welcomed this week’s fiscal and monetary … Read More