Google this week issued a recommendation for all Washington State employees to work remotely, citing growing fears around the spread of COVID-19. A spokesperson confirmed the recommendation in an ema
Health officials in Washington State say a 10th person has died from COVID-19. Six new suspected cases are being tested.Many Seattle-based tech companies have requested their employees work
The IMF is making available about 50 billion USDto help low-income and emerging market countries address COVID-19. WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making av
02:33 The U.S. state of Washington has seen a jump in the number of coronavirus deaths. At least 9 people have died and over 30 cases have been confirmed. Most are linked to a long-ter
A Russian businessman dubbed “Putin’s cook” for his close ties to Russia’s president sought in a court filing on Wednesday to distance himself and his company from accu
President Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday sued the The Washington Post, alleging defamation in two opinion articles published last year that it said falsely claimed
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with chief Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund on Tuesday, the first known conversation between a U.S. leader and a top Taliban official, as a d
The spring gathering of finance ministers and central bankers held in Washington in April will be shifted to a "virtual format" due to the coronavirus epidemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
A man wearing a face mask walks on a street amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020. /Xinhua There have been 10,566 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 from 72 countries
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) TheFed judged that "the risks to the U.S. outl
U.S. researchers said the novel coronavirus may have been spreading in the Washington state for six weeks after they examined the genomes of two infections in the state, the New York Times reported
Confirmed U.S. deaths from COVID-19 increased Monday to six, all of them in Washington state.The toll includes four new deaths announced by Seattle area officials Monda
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday said that the so-called peace deal between the Taliban and the United States is an attempt by Washington to justify its illegal prese
The United States on Friday confirmed a third case of the novel coronavirus infection with an unknown origin in Oregon's Washington County.This is the third case of possible "community spread" in the
The US-Taliban peace deal is now closer than ever and NATO will continue to support efforts to find a lasting peaceful solution in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General J
A federal judge in the U.S. state of Washington on Thursday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump cannot divert funds for a U.S. submarine base in the state to build a wall along the U.S. southern
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke by phone on Thursday with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar over Syria and Libya, said the Pentagon in a statement. The two l