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 […]
Man Serving 18 Years On Marijuana Charges Just Died In Federal Prison COVID-19 Outbreak Fidel Torres, 62, qualified for a sentencing reduction, but the same judge who sentenced him denied it based on infractions while in custody. By Ryan J. Reilly, HuffPost US The most recent inmate to die as the COVID-19 crisis rips through the federal prison system […]
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 […]
Carluccio’s rescue deal results in 1,000 job losses Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images UK dining chain Carluccio’s has been bought in a rescue deal that will save 30 of its restaurants. The Italian restaurant brand has been bought by Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner owner Boparan Restaurant Group in a deal which will save 800 […]
Children and older adults included in vaccine trial Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Children and older adults will be included in the second phase of trials for a vaccine to protect against the virus. The first phase of the University of Oxford’s vaccine trial began in April, studying adults aged 55 and under. Now more […]
NPC: China begins move to impose controversial Hong Kong security law Hong Kong anti-government protests Image copyrightAFP / GETTYImage caption : Shoppers walking past a broadcast of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivering his speech at the opening of the NPC on Thursday China’s ruling Communist Party has set in motion a controversial national security law […]
KKR to invest $1.5 billion in Reliance Industries’ digital unit, its biggest deal in Asia Sankalp Phartiyal A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past a mobile store of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade NEW DELHI (Reuters) – KKR & Co Inc will invest $1.5 […]