Category: News


World shares skid after oil prices plunge below zero


BANGKOK – World share prices skidded Tuesday after the price of U.S. crude oil plunged below zero, with demand collapsing as the pandemic leaves factories, automobiles and airplanes idled.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2020/04/21/shares-skid-after-oil-prices-dip-into-negative-territory/5170049002/


‘Almost like an eternity’: 3 months since US confirmed its first coronavirus case, what have we learned?


Three months ago Tuesday, the U.S. confirmed the nation’s first case of what was then called the “novel” coronavirus – a Washington state man in his 30s who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a seemingly distant illness that had killed six people.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/21/first-coronavirus-case-united-states-three-months-learned/5141814002/


Coronavirus: Immigration To Us To Be Suspended Amid Pandemic, Trump Says


President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52363852

‘He didn’t understand.’ Trump slams Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, outspoken critic on testing


President Donald Trump, who has often used his daily coronavirus briefings to criticize Democratic governors in places like New York and California, extended his reach Monday to swing at a GOP state leader who has become a critic of the president’s insistence that states are prepared to ramp up testing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/20/coronavirus-trump-criticizes-republican-gov-larry-hogan-over-testing/5168978002/