The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus ...
European stock markets slumped Tuesday after US oil prices crashed back below zero as the coronavirus crisis wipes out global crude demand and sparks a vast supply glut. In early morning deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index tumbled 1.7 percent to 5,713.70 points, Frankfurt’s DAX erased 2.0 percent to 10,462.56 ...
