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By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on … Read More

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Connecticut’s governor on Tuesday said the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile of medical supplies was now empty and the state was “on its own” trying to … Read More

By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – With more than half of Canada’s coronavirus cases, Quebec has become the country’s epicenter for the pandemic and could run out of some equipment … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday completed a rollback of U.S. vehicle emissions standards adopted under his predecessor Barack Obama and will require 1.5% … Read More

CHICAGO (Reuters) – JetBlue Airways Corp <JBLU.O> plans to reduce daily flights in and out of the four New York City-area airports where it operates by as much as 80% … Read More

By Anggy Polanco, Corina Pons and Mayela Armas SAN CRISTOBAL/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s fuel shortages are causing growing complications for the production and delivery of food to a crisis-stricken nation … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the chief executives of 11 major airlines to issue full cash refunds to customers canceling flights during … Read More

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets fell in volatile trading on Tuesday, and the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic left the MSCI benchmark of world … Read More

By Robin Respaut and Rebecca Spalding SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning to feel severe financial strain as they shift operations from profitable procedures to focus on the … Read More

By Crispian Balmer and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – Italian health officials warned on Tuesday it was too soon to consider lifting lockdown restrictions, saying a deceleration in new cases … Read More