Category: World News

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday shut down social life in Britain and ordered the most vulnerable to isolate for 12 … Read More

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near … Read More

By David Shepardson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. airlines sought a government bailout of more than $50 billion as the White House is urgently drafting a financial … Read More

By Ankit Ajmera (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s shares on Monday erased all gains recorded during ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s tenure due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and … Read More

By Riham Alkousaa and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – German shops will close, restaurants cut their opening hours and churches and mosques will stand empty under drastic steps announced on … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closed-door meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak “and more,” a … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stephanie Grisham, communications adviser to both U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, said on Monday she is working from home after a close brush with … Read More

By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Markets reeled on Monday, with stocks on Wall Street and the price of Brent crude tumbling more than 10%, as … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A large portion of the Dutch population will contract coronavirus in the coming months, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cautioned on Monday, appealing to the country to … Read More

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus <AIR.PA> has drawn up contingency plans to slow or stop production if France is placed under a drastic lockdown due to coronavirus, two … Read More