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Trump Demands GM, Ford Build Ventilators; Could Order Action

President Donald Trump urged General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co on Friday to quickly build badly needed ventilators for COVID-19 patients and suggested he could invoke the Defense Production Act. GM (GM.N) and Ford (F.N) announced they are working with companies to help boost ventilator production in recent days. ...

March 27, 2020

Int'l Organizations

Global Economy Has Entered Recession amid Coronavirus Outbreak: IMF

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday that the global economy, including the United States, has entered a recession amid the spread of the new coronavirus. “It is now clear that we have entered a recession as bad or worse” than that seen in the aftermath of the 2008 ...

March 27, 2020

Europe

Paris Hospitals Near Coronavirus Breaking Point

A spike in coronavirus cases will put France under huge pressure in coming days, its prime minister said on Friday, after reporting its biggest daily death toll and officials fearing hospitals in and around Paris could be saturated in 48 hours. Paris and its suburbs now account for over a ...

March 27, 2020

Europe

UK PM Johnson Tests Positive for Coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for novel coronavirus, he announced on Friday, noting that he experienced mild symptoms of the disease, also known as COVID-9. In a tweet, the PM wrote that he was self-isolating, but promised that he would “continue to lead the government’s response via ...

March 27, 2020

Europe

Macron Warns EU Leaders: Coronavirus Pandemic Risking ‘Survival of European Project’

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday warned that the European Union’s fundamental projects, including the no-border zone, could be imperiled if the nations fail to show solidarity during the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. “What’s at stake is the survival of the European project,” Macron told the leaders ...

March 27, 2020

Americas

Xi Tells Trump China and US Must ‘Unite to Fight Virus’

China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with Donald Trump on Friday, as he called for the US to improve relations. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, and Chinese state media said ...

March 27, 2020

Americas

US ‘Obsessed’ with Venezuela, FM Says on Charges against Maduro

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has slammed the US government for bringing new charges against the president of the South American country, saying they are meant to give the administration in Washington more electoral confidence in the run-up to the presidential election in November. Arreaza said on Thursday that the ...

March 27, 2020

Americas

US Tops World in Virus Cases and Logs Record Unemployment

The US has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any country in the world, surpassing China, where the pandemic began. There are now more than 85,000 cases in America and nearly 1,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Almost 3.3 million people filed for unemployment last week as the ...

March 27, 2020

Int'l Organizations

WHO Europe Sees ‘Encouraging Signs’ in Coronavirus Spread

The World Health Organization’s European office said Thursday it saw “encouraging signs” as Italy reported a lower rate of infections of the new coronavirus, cautioning it was too soon to say whether the worst had passed. “While the situation remains very serious, we are starting to see some encouraging signs,” ...

March 26, 2020

Europe

Spain Reports 600 New Deaths from Coronavirus

The Spanish health ministry announced that the number of coronavirus cases in the country rose from 47610 to 56188. The ministry also recorded around6oo new deaths, bringing their total to 4089. It is worth noting that Spain has witnessed a rapid increase of the coronavirus cases, which threatens the entire ...

March 26, 2020