Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as G20 leaders said they were committed to presenting a united front against the pandemic, the International Labour Organization warned of far more than 25 million job losses, and the U.S. Senate (...)
The world's largest democracy went under the world's biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India's 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home in a bid to stop the coronavirus pandemic, while in the U.S., lawmakers and the White House agreed on a massive $2 (...)
Australia's A-League was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus on Tuesday, with administrators saying travel curbs to contain the outbreak had made it untenable for the country's top-flight soccer competition to continue.
Governing body (...)
Global stock markets and U.S. futures surged Tuesday after the Federal Reserve promised support to the struggling economy as Congress delayed action on a $2 trillion aid package.
Tokyo advanced more than 7% and Frankfurt opened 6% higher. London, (...)
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as ``Lucille,'' ``Lady'' and ``Islands in the Stream'' and embraced his persona as ``The Gambler'' on record and on TV died Friday (...)
As cases ballooned in Europe, the new epicenter of the coronavirus, several countries imposed new restrictions to try to curb the spread. California and three other U.S. states directed tens of millions of people to stay at home.
Deaths, (...)
The crisis for airlines deepened on Thursday as Lufthansa warned the industry might not survive without state aid if the coronavirus pandemic lasts a long time, and Qantas Airways told most of its 30,000 staff to take leave.
The United Nation's (...)
Australia and Taiwan joined governments offering financial aid to airlines as coronavirus and stricter travel controls forced carriers to deepen cuts to capacity and staffing.
U.S. airlines have asked Washington for $50 billion in grants and loans, (...)
Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
Apple Inc said it will close all its retail (...)
شهدت إحدى مباريات الكريكيت بين لاعبي استراليا ونيوزيلندا، التى أقيمت فى العاصمة سيدني خلو المقاعد من الجماهير خوفا من عدوى فيروس كورونا، حيث اتخذ المنظمون الاحتياطات اللازمة لمنع انتشار الفيروس التاجي فقامت بمنع الحضور الجماهيري كإجراء وقائي. (...)
Asian stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after U.S. futures rose following President Donald Trump's announcement he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the pain of the spreading coronavirus (...)
A new model of leadership that is typically feminine both in style and substance is being advanced by a new breed of female leaders including Angela Merkel, Jacinda Ardern and Greta Thunberg. With its emphasis on the values of care, empathy and (...)
Egypt's stock exchange (EGX) suffered a significant pullback last week as a jump in coronavirus cases spreading outside China, triggering investors and traders' fears of a pandemic.
The benchmark EGX 30 index slid 5.19 percent to 13,008.94 points (...)
Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.
Share prices were on track for the worst week since the (...)
A sign on the door of a small villa in a quiet neighbourhood of Cairo carrying the words Dans le Noir leads customers to a totally different and mind-changing experience.
This is the name of an extraordinary restaurant where you dine in the dark, (...)
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ship in Japan hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how (...)
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how they aim to manage the health (...)
The number of Egyptian companies participating at the current international exhibition of "Fruit Logistica" is 98, Abdel Hamid El Demerdash, chairman of the Agriculture Export Council (AEC), estimated, said. The companies will display 67 Egyptian (...)
In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars' horizons, Bong Joon Ho's masterfully devious class satire ``Parasite'' became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards.
``Parasite'' (...)
Here are the latest developments:
**The death toll in mainland China rose to 563 on Thursday, up by a record 70 from the previous day, the National Health Commission said.
**The total number of infections in China rose by 3,694 on Thursday to (...)
Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak.
Airlines That Have Cancelled All China Flights
* American Airlines: Jan. 31-March 27. Hong Kong service suspended Feb. 8-20.
* Air France: Said on Feb.6 it would (...)
Britain will “not be aligning with EU rules” in any post-Brexit trade deal, the foreign secretary has said.
Dominic Raab argued agreeing to stick strongly with EU regulations would “defeat the point of Brexit”.
But Irish PM Leo Varadkar said the UK (...)
The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China from a coronavirus epidemic that originated in central Hubei province and has since spread to some two dozen countries around the world.
Here are the latest developments:
* The virus (...)
The Egyptian mobile market is not the only market that Vodafone Group decided exit from recently, as the group previously exited several other global markets within the past two years.
Nicholas Reed, CEO of Vodafone Global Group, met with Prime (...)
The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen by 46 to 259, the country's health authority said on Saturday, as the United States and other nations announced new border curbs on foreigners who have been in China.
The central (...)
