President Trump is preparing a massive stimulus proposal, Amazon adjusts to COVID-19 and HashiCorp is now valued at more than $5 billion. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 17, 2020.1. Trump adm
The European football governing body UEFA has decided to postpone this summer's European Championship to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Euro 2020 was scheduled to take place in 12 citie
The Philippines will shut down all airports in the main Luzon Island starting on Friday in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19, the Department of Transportation said on Tuesday. Outbound pa
As the number of confirmed cases outside China has topped 83,000 as of Monday, the global battle against COVID-19 has entered a critical stage. Yet, instead of joining
Faced with a growing economic shutdown from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Sunday announced drastic emergency measures to shore up confidence and keep the financial sector runn
Canada has diagnosed 313 COVID-19 cases and Canadians need to take strong action to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Sunday afternoon. Ta
In 2015, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, a nephew of late South African President Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to 12 years in jail for arson, aggravated assault, and kidn
Nepal on Friday barred climbers from all mountains -- including Everest -- over the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow to its tourism industry.The move could cost th
Similar volunteer schemes, spearheaded by the EU commission since 2016, have seen over 18,000 people backpedal on their initial intention to settle on the Greek islands
Following the footsteps of China to close the Qomolangma expeditions from the northern side, Nepal's government has also decided to call off all spring expeditions fro
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had been reluctant to call the outbreak a pandemic. /AFP Editor's Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 cases in China have been in significant decline, following the country's "impressive" efforts in containing the virus.
Saying he felt “caged,” Pope Francis delivered his Sunday blessing over the internet from inside the Vatican on Sunday instead of from a window to stop crowds gathering
The staff of Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education arrange boxes of masks donated by China in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a journalist, c
We all know the disruptive stories of female-founded startups like Glossier and ezCater. And we also know how those success stories belie the much harder time thousands of other women entrepreneurs ha
Two subway stations in Beijing will begin piloting a reservation system on Friday to avoid the congregation of passengers amid the coronavirus outbreak. From 6:30 a.m.
The novel coronavirus is spreading into more countries. As the window of opportunity to stop it from becoming a pandemic is closing up, it is time to hold hands. But some in the United States seem t
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