March 2020

As U.S. Debates Stimulus, European Governments Take ‘Unprecedented’ Steps to Save Jobs

Finance /

As U.S. lawmakers continue to debate a nearly $2 trillion economic relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic, governments around the world have taken dramatic steps to try to protect incomes and stave off job losses for millions of people. These actions come as the International Monetary Fund warned Monday evening that the global […]

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India’s prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decreed a 21-day lockdown across the nation of 1.3 billion people “to save India” from the coronavirus pandemic March 24, 2020, 3:26 PM 2 min read NEW DELHI — India will begin the world’s largest lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address Tuesday night, warning that

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Jimmy Kimmel: Trump Manages To Be Racist While Telling Us Not To Be Racist

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Jimmy Kimmel’s latest monologue from home Monday zeroed in on President Donald Trump continually calling the coronavirus the “Chinese virus,” despite its racist overtones. (Fast-forward to the 1:50 mark in the video below.) Kimmel, whose talk show is suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has not let up on Trump in his low-budget but funny quarantine

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Obamacare Turns 10. Here’s a Look at What Works and Doesn’t.

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In the early years though, it wasn’t clear that the insurance market created under the law was going to work. Healthcare.gov, the federal online marketplace, got off to a shaky start, with technical issues keeping people from enrolling in plans. Insurers also had difficulty pricing their plans. After decades of carefully selecting whom they insured,

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Congress closing in on nearly $2 trillion virus aid package

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WASHINGTON — Top congressional and White House officials say they expect to reach a deal Tuesday on a nearly $2 trillion measure aimed at easing the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin returned to the Senate Tuesday for final negotiations after a tumultuous but productive day on Monday. While the

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Pregnant Women Face Coronavirus Anxiety: Will I Have To Give Birth Alone?

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For months, Meg Fitzgerald has been preparing to have a vaginal birth after Cesarean section, or VBAC. So the 34-year-old Connecticut-based mom, who is expecting her third child, hired the doula she’d worked with during her second birth. Fitzgerald said the doula helped her maintain her sense of calm and perspective, even as it became

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Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian in war of words over leaked call

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The dispute dates back to 2016 and a song by Kardashian’s husband Kanye West Taylor Swift says she feels “vindicated” after footage of her contentious 2016 phone call with Kanye West emerged online. The tape shows that, although West sought Swift’s permission to use her name in one of

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Coronavirus: Bank branches close as virus affects access

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Image copyright Getty Images Scores of bank branches are closed and others have restricted opening hours as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Branches are permitted to stay open, despite the strict curbs placed on shops and gatherings by the government to slow the pandemic’s spread. Yet staff availability means many are closing, sometimes at

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