TOKYO (AP) – Asian stocks fell on Friday when reports showed layoffs of US workers persist at high levels after the US economy contracted at an annual rate of nearly 33% in the spring, the worst quarter on record. The earnings reports, an indicator of how well companies are handling …
Read More »A group of viruses in France divides generations, increases fears
PARIS (AP) – As the sun went down, their party got underway, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18 to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast is crystallizing fears that the virus will reignite in France, behind the backs of tourists throwing the COVID-19 …
Read More »Senator, union leader: Postal Service considers downsizing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The United States Postal Service is considering closing post offices across the country, raising concerns ahead of an anticipated increase in mail ballots in the 2020 election, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin and a reporter said Wednesday. union leader. . Manchin said he received numerous reports from …
Read More »Vietnam closes its third largest city as virus cases grow
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam closed its third-largest city on Tuesday for two weeks after 22 hospital-linked COVID-19 cases were found, the government said. The new cases in the central city of Da Nang are the first confirmed local transmission of the virus in the country in more than three …
Read More »Tenor Bocelli, who had COVID, says the running of the bulls humiliated him
ROME (AP) – Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the blockade of the pandemic made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of his freedom to come and go as he wanted. Bocelli spoke on a panel Monday in a Senate conference room, where he was introduced …
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