Khamenei lauds Iranians' 'dazzling' sacrifices to fight virus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year, praised Iranians for their “dazzling” […]
U.S. existing home sales surge to 13-year high in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home sales surged to a 13-year high in February, but the housing market recovery is likely to be derailed by the […]
London pubs, gyms, leisure centres and cinemas told to shut
Pubs, gyms, leisure centres and cinemas will be told to shut across London as the coronavirus clampdown tightens its grip. The Evening Standard is reporting […]
Sex robot firm selling ‘anti-bacterial’ dolls for coronavirus self-isolation
A top sex robot firm has moved to assure customers its dolls are anti-bacterial as people lock themselves inside over the coronavirus crisis. US giant […]
Coronavirus: ‘Your NHS needs you’ – 65,000 ex-doctors and nurses asked to return
More than 65,000 former doctors and nurses are being asked to return to the NHS to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Letters will be sent […]
EU accused of plotting Italy’s eurozone exit as doctor claims: ‘We’ll end up like Greece’
The eurozone was already in a weak state before the impact of coronavirus. Eurozone real GDP increased just 0.1 percent quarter on quarter and one […]
Inditex considers 25,000 temporary layoffs in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Inditex, the owner of Zara and Massimo Dutti, may temporarily lay off all 25,000 of its store staff in Spain if the […]
Coronavirus: U.K. calls on 65,000 retired nurses and doctors to return to work
Britain has asked 65,000 former nurses and doctors to return to work and will deploy final-year medical students to fight the coronavirus health crisis, the […]
Steep capacity cut leaves airlines with overhedged jet fuel headache
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The collapse in global passenger flights has left airlines with fresh challenges: how to manage overhedged jet fuel positions as oil prices […]
'No work, no food': For Kibera dwellers, quarantine not an option
Residents of Nairobi’s vast informal settlement prepare for coronavirus but still need to work to put food on the table. Nairobi, Kenya – Take a […]