Thu, May 28 2020

The UK has suffered the highest rate of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic among countries that produce comparable data, according to excess mortality figures. The UK has registered 59,537 more deaths than usual since the week ending March 20…

Why are the Europeans being so beastly? Why won't they agree to the post -Brexit trade deal Britain wants? Worse, why doesn't Brussels understand that it is in the EU's own interest to sign up to Boris Johnson's proposals? As the UK prime minister…

Published Thu, May 28 2020 7:05 AM EDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told CNBC he does not think social networks should be fact-checking what politicians post. 'Political speech is one of the most sensitive parts in a democracy, and people should be…

In the first few weeks of the pandemic, it was just a trickle: companies like Alaskan airline Ravn Air pushed into bankruptcy as travel came to a halt and markets collapsed. But the financial distress wrought by the shutdowns only deepened…

Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week to bring the 2 1/2-month total during the coronavirus pandemic to above 40 million, signaling economic pain is deepening despite a gradual reopening of business across the country.