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Fauci says 'rolling reentry' of US economy possible in May

US jobless claims hit record 6.6 million as COVID-19 ravages economy

10:56 pm April 2, 2020

New York: More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. The stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies […]

Dozens of Democrats demand Cuomo's resignation

Trump: NY mayor would be a better candidate than Biden

11:54 pm March 30, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Monday that New York mayor Andrew Cuomo, whose popularity has surged thanks to his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in his city, would make a better candidate to run against him November’s elections than Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. Cuomo, 62, is not in the running in the Democratic primaries, […]

COVID-19: BMC for cremation of bodies, allows burial in big ground

Coronavirus deaths top 35,000 worldwide, most in Europe: AFP tally

11:43 pm March 30, 2020

Paris: More than 35,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic since it emerged late last year in China, most of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 1615 GMT Monday using official figures. In total, 35,905 people have died, including 26,076 in Europe. Italy has the most deaths with 11,591, following […]

Country music star Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus

3:46 pm March 30, 2020

Washington: Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61. Diffie’s death was announced on his Facebook page, which said he died on Sunday “from complications of coronavirus.” His death came just two days after he had announced that he had […]

Tanker's impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

Oil prices at 17-year lows as virus ravages world

3:30 pm March 30, 2020

Singapore: Oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Monday and languished at 17-year lows, with the coronavirus crisis escalating around the world and no end in sight to a vicious price war. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell 5.3 percent to trade at 20 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude was off 6.5 percent […]