The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 516.81 points, or 2.17 per cent, to close at 23,247.97. The S&P 500 decreased 50.12 points, or 1.75 per cent, to 2,820.00.
Canadian students and recent graduates who have lost income or summer jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic can apply to receive funding from an emergency benefit starting Friday.
South Korea registered the largest year-on-year drop in the number of employed people in the country since 1999 due to the effects of the coronavirus epidemic.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has notified the reconstituted National Commission for Minorities and its terms of reference which include ensuring that worship places of non-Muslim communities are preserved and kept in a functional condition
A 21-year-old Rapper Nick Blixky was shot to death on a Brooklyn street. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was declared dead on Sunday.
The incident happened in Chicago, according to news portal CarBuzz, and the images was posted on social discussion forum Reddit.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise is looking forward to getting back to Venice to finish shooting of “Mission: Impossible 7” as soon as the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic eases.
On May 9, South Korean capital city Seoul ordered closures of all nightlife firms comprising bars and clubs, after the Korean media reported a new cluster of cases connected to one infected man.
The identity of the woman and the person who filmed it have not been revealed.
Johnson also confirmed that fines for the “small minority who break” lockdown rules will increase.
The ‘COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials’, launched by global advocacy group 1 Day Sooner has invited volunteers from all parts of the world
The theme of Europe Day 2020, is Stronger Together, concerning the coronavirus crisis throughout the world.
Europe day is intended to raise awareness about the goals of Robert Schuman. The date marks the anniversary of the historic ‘Schuman Declaration’.
The nationwide total of active infections fell by 1,663 cases to 87,961, down from a total of 89,624 infections on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
Ravi Sinathamby Subramaniam, 53, had pleaded guilty to two charges of verbally abusing police and health officers and a third charge of threatening to “break” the faces of three health officers.
According to Chesky, the coronavirus crisis has sharpened the company’s focus to get back to the basics.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), made the comments in an interview with National Geographic.
As per reports, Ronaldo has returned to Italy after being locked down in his native Portugal for almost two months amid coronavirus pandemic.
The award to Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin in the feature photography category for their pictures for the Associated Press was announced on Monday.
In Australia, customer spending on gambling platforms has increased by 67pc in past weeks, amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
A total of 247,107 people worldwide have died of the disease, according to the CSSE, Xinhua news reported on Sunday.
The virus has claimed 17 lives over the last 24 hours, and 981 new cases were reported during the same period, said the ministry on Sunday.
There were 76,496 coronavirus tests carried out in the 24 hours to 9 a.m.
This year, Colombian investigative journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima has been named as the laureate of the 2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Worldwide, more than 436 million enterprises face high risks of serious disruption.