Ethiopia postpones general elections and Ghana slashes its 2020 GDP growth forecast from 6.8% to 1.5%
New measures amount to ‘Turkish QE’, says an analyst, to help contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak
The programme aims to stabilise dollar funding markets as the US and other major economies enter a coronavirus-induced partial shutdown
Total Spanish virus deaths rise by 849 to 8,189, while Italy and the Netherlands consider extending coronavirus measures
CNN’s Chris Cuomo, brother of widely acclaimed New York governor Andrew Cuomo, is ‘quarantined in his basement’
The talks follow criticism that the developed world’s financial leaders have been slow to address the coronavirus pandemic
The US president called on Congress for $2-trillion for infrastructure because interest rates are close to zero — due to Covid-19
Lockdowns mean tonnes of goods can no longer reach their destinations, leaving suppliers to hunt for holding space
Charities scramble to help former slavery survivors-turned-entrepreneurs who have lost their income during Covid-19 restrictions
Campaigners urge all countries to ensure their stateless, who may be too scared to report symptoms, get access to screening
As scientists race to find a safe vaccine for the new coronavirus, they urge the public to be ‘cautiously optimistic’, stressing the cautious part
The Czech Covid19CZ group of computer experts uses data infected people to trace their movement with their consent, generating a ‘memory map’
Amazon and Instacart workers demand better safety measures and threaten a ‘sick-out’
Developing countries, particularly, are feeling the financial pinch — and its poor are battling to find food
Attorneys-general across the US are sparring over whether the worldwide public health crisis justifies temporarily shutting abortion clinics
Remoteness is not certain to stop the relentless march of the new disease
The wave of Covid-19 patients at Beth Israel hospital corresponds to the one inundating New York City, which shot from 463 confirmed cases two weeks ago to ...
Parliament grants its prime minister the right to rule by decree in the fight against Covid-19
The decline was the steepest monthly drop since record-keeping began in 1985
Enforcing the restrictions in sprawling Lagos will be problematic as millions live crammed in overcrowded slums and rely on daily earnings to survive
