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World coronavirus dispatch: Chinese can now book tests on e-commerce sites

From China allowing users to book coronavirus tests on e-commerce sites, to $484-billion US relief package, and another pandemic that may follow Covid-19 - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19: Trump plans to suspend immigration to protect American jobs

The US President says the decision has been taken 'in light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great American Citizens'

Covid-19 woes: Some US producers, states reopening as pressure mounts

Elsewhere around the world, step-by-step reopenings were underway in Europe, where the crisis has begun to ebb in places such as Italy, Spain and Germany

World coronavirus dispatch: US firms slashing costs; salary cuts at Disney

From Spain's death toll dropping, to Branson saying his airlines would go bust without govt support, and how using masks is altering the way we communicate - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19: Situation improves in New York, Europe; keep trade open, says IMF

Europe remains the most severely affected continent by the outbreak, with more than 1.1 million cases of the disease

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Covid-19: India gets $5.9 mn US aid; assures Bhutan, Seychelles of help

The State Department and the US Agency for International Development have now committed nearly $508 million in emergency health, humanitarian, and economic assistance

Covid-19 Factoid: US suffers its highest single-day death toll yet

From the US' continuing pains, to some good news coming from Iran and Italy, and Madhya Pradesh's rising number of coronavirus cases - here are some data trends to help to grasp the situation better

World coronavirus dispatch: Europe recovering; Trump may ease curbs in US

From some European nations seeing recovery, to the US' industrial output contraction, and how Japan and China are trying to revive economic activity - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: US has more coronavirus cases than the next four combined

The Covid-19 crisis is taking a heavy toll on the US, with 40% of its closed cases being deaths; Russia is seeing a sharp spike in cases, and are the Indian states of Maharashtra, Delhi and Rajasthan

World coronavirus dispatch: Tally of global cases goes past 2 million

From US handing a $25-billion assistance to airlines, to IMF pegging world's economic loss at $9 trillion, Trump's changed stance, and scramble for coffee - read these and more in today's world digest

World coronavirus dispatch: Trump's talks of reopening the US economy

From why US bank's March-quarter results will be keenly watched, to the vaccines in various stages of completion, and gainers and losers in this crisis - read these and more in today's world dispatch

World coronavirus dispatch: Loss of wealth and challenge for stock analysts

From impairment of Softbank's Vision Fund, to 70 Covid-19 vaccines that are under trial, and what the crisis may mean for Donald Trump's re-election bid - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19: Govt's response has been panic, with political leadership absent

The unfolding coronavirus crisis could be the toughest test yet for PM Modi. His government failed to recognise the potentially devastating consequences of the pandemic early enough, its actions have

World coronavirus dispatch: Global economies to lose $5 trn in two years

From global economic cost of Covid-19 crisis, to a second relief package by the US, an elusive one by the EU, and Dubai allowing home delivery of liquor - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19 woes: With businesses shut, Fed policymakers see slow US recovery

Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin said success of any recovery would hinge on consumers being reassured by businesses, particularly in the service sector, that they will be safe

World coronavirus dispatch: New York sees more deaths than during 9/11

From the US' plan to scale up testing after biggest single-day deaths, to spike in cases in Spain, and China's new employment crisis, read these and more in today's international coronavirus digest

Covid-19 Factoid: Rising deaths in US, low recovery, and other data trends

The coronavirus crisis seems to be getting worse globally, but the US particularly is now seeing its fatality rate growing at faster rate than infections; three in every 10 deaths now are in the US

Covid-19 scare: African Americans are more at risk, says Trump. But why?

Experts say black people are disproportionately impacted by underlying health conditions linked to poverty and face discrimination in medical care

World coronavirus dispatch: Second US stimulus, and West Asia's burial woes

From Covid-19 deaths in China coming down to zero, to many West Asian countries facing a disruption in burial rituals, and the US' deal for masks - read these and more in today's international digest