Major Indian states seek delay in restarting flights as coronavirus cases rise Rajendra Jadhav, Aditi Shah MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government’s plan to resume flights after […]
Hyundai India, Maruti workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks Sudarshan Varadhan, Aditi Shah CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Workers at two of India’s biggest carmakers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus days after restarting operations, exposing the risks companies and the government face in kickstarting the economy. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Three employees at Hyundai Motor Co’s Indian […]
Xi says China could have set GDP growth goal around 6% had there been no coronavirus BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s annual economic growth target could have been set around 6% had the new coronavirus epidemic not happened, according to state media reports on Saturday. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins The Chinese government […]
How one Indian company could be world’s door to a COVID-19 vaccine Abhirup Roy, Euan Rocha PUNE (Reuters) – If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through the doors of Serum Institute of India. REUTERS/Euan Rocha Serum Institute, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines […]
Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant’s hard journey home Sanjeev Miglani, Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s praise of an Indian teenager’s bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown. […]
Billionaires’ Net Worth Rises During Pandemic As Millions Go Unemployed: Report U.S. billionaires’ wealth grew 15% while over 38 million Americans filed for unemployment amid the coronavirus crisis. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost US U.S. billionaires’ wealth grew substantially over the last two months even as tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs, providing stark […]
Europe Braces For Second Wave of Coronavirus Infections As lockdowns ease, scientists and government officials now fear a new surge is not a matter of if, but when, and how big. By Sasha Belenky, HuffPost US After months under strict lockdowns, Europeans have finally begun to enjoy a sense of newfound freedom in recent days […]
Trump’s Push To Open Churches Contradicts Jesus’ Teaching To Love Neighbors, Clergy Say Loving your neighbor means keeping them out of harm’s way, Rev. William Barber said — joining other faith leaders criticizing Trump’s push to reopen churches. By Carol Kuruvilla, HuffPost US Several faith leaders are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s demand that […]
Coronavirus Live Updates: Read The Latest About The COVID-19 Outbreak HuffPost Staff HuffPost COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11. More than 5.1 million cases of the virus have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 333,000 people have died from it, according to data […]
Latest from around Europe Denmark was among the first European countries to start opening up and now cinemas, theatres, museums, zoos and art galleries are free to reopen providing social distancing is enforced. In other developments from around the continent: Italy‘s death toll in March and April could be 19,000 higher than official figures suggest, its […]