Mar 13 Countries turn to wartime tactics to fight coronavirus foe By Aritz Parra, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press World leaders are warning of nearly wartime measures to come to contain the spreading pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 13 Already stretched universities now face huge endowment losses from market meltdown By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report With attention focused on classes being canceled and students being sent home, the coronavirus presents another threat to U.S. universities and colleges: tens of billions of dollars in potential endowment losses. Continue reading
Mar 13 Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the U.S. By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The ongoing fears surrounding the coronavirus have shuttered places where Americans — and foreign visitors — have long gathered to escape the world and also to engage with it. Continue reading
Mar 13 Global stock markets recover after turbulent trading By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Shares rose in Paris and London but fell 6.1% in Japan following Wall Street's and Europe's biggest drop since the 1987 Black Monday crash. Continue reading
Mar 13 Premier League, Champions League call off matches By James Ellingworth, Associated Press Matches in England will be stopped until at least April 3 after five Premier League clubs said some players or staff were in self-isolation. Continue reading
Mar 12 Oil crisis deepens in Libya as losses exceed $3 billion By Isabel Debre, Associated Press The war-torn country controls the biggest oil reserves in Africa and typically pumps 1.2 billion barrels a day. But its regular oil production ground to a halt in January when tribes loyal to eastern-based forces seized large export terminals and… Continue reading
Mar 12 Trump signs bill to help telecoms replace Huawei equipment By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The U.S. government considers the Chinese companies a security risk and has pushed its allies not to use Huawei equipment in next-generation cellular networks, known as 5G. Continue reading
Mar 12 Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid virus By Michelle R. Smith, Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Parents were developing homeschooling plans for their children, while workers missing shifts amid widespread closures wondered how they would pay bills, and prepared for many weeks of financial difficulty. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 8:54 Pandemic's 'unique uncertainty' creates market shockwaves The economic consequences of the novel coronavirus pandemic are growing even more severe. Stocks logged their worst day of trading since the 1987 market crash, cancellations and closures rippled across the globe and the fallout from President Trump’s decision to… Continue watching
Mar 12 Most schools are completely unprepared for coronavirus and virtual learning By Tara Garcia Mathewson, The Hechinger Report Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg of a massive equity crisis facing U.S. schools should coronavirus force education online. Continue reading