JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 2,277 new coronavirus infections on Saturday and 65 more deaths, data from its health ministry website showed. This brings the country’s total to 123,503 coronavirus infections and 5,658 deaths, the data showed. Source: Read Full…
Read MoreTrump vows to suspend U.S. payroll tax after coronavirus aid talks with Congress break down
WASHINGTON/BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to unilaterally suspend payroll taxes and extend expired coronavirus unemployment benefits after negotiations with congressional Democrats on a broad pandemic aid package collapsed on Friday. Trump told a news conference at…
Read MoreTrump says will unilaterally suspend payroll taxes if no deal on coronavirus aid
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Friday to act unilaterally to suspend payroll taxes for all Americans through the end of 2020 and possibly longer and extend supplemental unemployment benefits and other coronavirus aid if no…
Read MoreU.S. pandemic worse than Mexico, Lopez Obrador says after travel warning
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States had greater problems from the coronavirus than his country, a day after the U.S. State Department urged citizens not to travel south of the…
Read MoreEU drops Morocco from safe country travel list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union removed Morocco from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel, after a review by EU ambassadors on Friday. The move leaves 10 countries on the new list, which takes…
Read MoreDelta asks 3,000 flight attendants to take unpaid leave: CNBC
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) will need at least 3,000 of its roughly 20,000 flight attendants to take unpaid leave of four to 12 months, or consider other options, to avoid involuntary furloughs due to weak air travel, CNBC…
Read MoreTop U.S. Democrats Pelosi, Schumer call on White House to negotiate Friday on coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged the White House to join them again on Friday in talks on proposals for coronavirus relief. Trump has threatened to pull White House negotiators out…
Read MoreUkraine reports steady rise in COVID cases, deaths
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has recorded a steady daily increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks and the health ministry is urging people to observe safety measures to stop the epidemic getting out of control. The ministry said new cases…
Read MoreCongressional Democrats, White House see little progress in coronavirus relief talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress and top aides to President Donald Trump failed to make substantial progress on Thursday on a new coronavirus aid bill during a contentious meeting that broke up with no clear path…
Read MorePandemic derails Abe's strategy to revive regional Japan with tourism
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) – It’s peak summer holiday time in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto, when throngs of international tourists would usually be flocking to its famous temples and spending up large in the city’s hotels, restaurants and souvenir…
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