
More than 300,000 cases of the new coronavirus were recorded in Europe, with more than half registered in Italy (86,498) and Spain (64,059), according to an AFP tally at 1640 GMT on Friday. There were a total of 305,851 cases in Europe, including 18,289 deaths making it the worst-hit continent. ...

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. ...