Costa Rica pushes back coronavirus, reducing current cases
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – While parts of Latin America enter the toughest phase of the coronavirus pandemic, Costa Rica has for the past week reported a steady … Read More
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Congress approves $484 billion coronavirus-relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $484 billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed … Read More
Amtrak to lose $700 million in fiscal 2020 even after coronavirus support
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. national railroad Amtrak, which received $1 billion in emergency funding this month from Congress, said on Thursday it expects to lose at least … Read More
Algeria eases coronavirus lockdown for Ramadan
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria will ease confinement measures from the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday by shortening a night curfew and lifting a full lockdown … Read More
U.S. Treasury mulls coronavirus loan to force Postal Service rate changes: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department is mulling using a potential $10 billion emergency coronavirus loan to the U.S. Postal Service to force changes in how it does business, including … Read More
New York’s Cuomo to McConnell on state bankruptcy: Watch the market tank
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic … Read More
U.S. CDC reports 828,441 coronavirus cases, 46,379 deaths
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 828,441 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 25,858 from its previous count, and said … Read More
‘We are failing our grandparents’ Canada’s Trudeau says as COVID-19 hammers nursing homes
By Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is failing its seniors as officials struggle to contain fatal outbreaks of the novel coronavirus in long-term care homes across the country, Prime … Read More
UK economy crumbling under coronavirus strain; questions mount over lockdown exit
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest … Read More
Trump officials eye blocking uranium from Russia, China to help U.S. nuclear industry
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trump administration officials on Thursday recommended granting U.S. energy regulators the ability to block imports of nuclear fuel from Russia and China and detailed … Read More