Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus fell below 50 on Thursday for the first time since a lockdown was imposed in mid-March, but the figure excludes deaths in the northeastern region of Catalonia. Cumulative deaths climbed by 48 to 27,940, while the number of confirmed cases edged up to ...
The head of the World Bank warned Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis threatens to push some 60 million people into extreme poverty, wiping out the gains made over the past three years. The global lending institution is already financing aid programs in 100 countries, under its commitment to spend $160 ...