Новости за 17.07.2020

Lawmakers are set to take on a fifth economic stimulus package, just as the $600 weekly boost in unemployment checks is set to expire. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he plans to introduce a draft version of the bill next week when Congress returns from recess.

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 237,743 in 24 hours.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government wants to expand an emergency wage subsidy program so that all businesses suffering losses from the coronavirus outbreak will benefit, Finance Minister Bill

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan has extended coronavirus lockdown restrictions, including the closure of its borders, until Aug. 31 after a further rise in the number of infections, the government said on

(Reuters) - Fashion retailer Boohoo Group Plc wrote a letter to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, saying that the company is taking action to probe allegations of malpractice in its supply chain

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch King Willem-Alexander may stop using a ceremonial horse-drawn carriage with images celebrating the Netherlands' former rule over colonies, he said on Friday, following an

Next year's Tokyo Olympics will follow a similar competition schedule as the one that was originally planned for this year before the games were postponed. According to Olympic Committee officials, the opening ceremony will be held on July 23rd, 2021.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A recent spike in coronavirus cases in Canada is worrying and can be linked to groups of young people gathering in bars and nightclubs and at parties, a top medical official said on

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Renault's ongoing protest against the Racing Point cars is also about how Formula One goes racing in the future, the French team's executive director Marcin Budkowski said on

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians' real disposable income plunged the most in 20 years in the second quarter, while the economy shrank by 9.6% year-on-year as the country has been hit by low oil prices and

By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Friday hammered President Donald Trump's approach to reopening schools during a pandemic, and suggested $34 billion in

(Reuters) - Tiger Woods was in danger of missing the cut in his PGA Tour return at this week's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, while overnight leader Tony Finau grabbed a share of the early

(Reuters) - Landlords in some areas of the United States are filing to evict rent-delinquent tenants at roughly the same rate they were before the coronavirus pandemic as eviction bans across the

By Dan Burns (Reuters) - The U.S.

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on "dangerous content" that goes against

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will gradually loosen a lockdown that has lasted nearly four months in and around Buenos Aires, President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday, after tougher

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he expects the next coronavirus aid bill to provide a "significant amount of money" to help U.S.

By Pete Schroeder and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.

By Alicja Ptak KONSKOWOLA, Poland (Reuters) - Surrounded by fields of roses and lavender in tranquil eastern Poland, some residents of the village of Konskowola feel the European Union may be trying

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is forecast to shrink by 6.6% in 2020 due to the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, but a resurgence in coronavirus infections and a systemic

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens Energy, the engineering group's power unit it will spin off in September, could have to make layoffs, its chief executive told a German newspaper.

LONDON (Reuters) - A friend of U.S. actress Amber Heard told London's High Court on Friday that a lawyer for Hollywood star Johnny Depp had pressured her to say unfavourable things about the actress.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid's job would let her earn money to make a better life for her young son.

WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth II knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognising the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of the nation during the gloom of the novel coronavirus

By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Despite mounting pressure for economic rescue packages to be used to tackle climate change, most of the money spent so far on overcoming